Melissa Breyer is Treehugger’s former senior editorial director. Her writing and photography have been featured in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, Audubon Magazine, and ...
On a warm spring night in the coastal city of Townsville, Australia, two scientists settled into a canoe on the Ross River. Cameras in their laps and binoculars in hand, they made their way through ...
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DURHAM, N.C. -- Green sea turtles may stop basking on beaches around the world within a century due to rising sea temperatures, a new study suggests. Basking on sun-warmed beaches helps the threatened ...
Western painted turtles at Ladd Marsh now have a better chance of surviving because they can safely sun worship. Boy Scout Nathan Olmsted has built 10 turtle basking platforms for the Ladd Marsh ...
Nocturnal basking has only recently been reported in wild freshwater turtles, but this study suggests that the behaviour is widespread and occurs in many species. Postdoctoral Researcher at La Trobe ...
The sight of turtles lined up on a log, basking in the sun, is one of the earliest signs of spring. “A lot of turtles, the upper shell is usually dark, so it holds heat longer,” said Scott Ballard, a ...
Just before sunset on one of Hawaii’s premier stretches of beach, a sea turtle drags itself out of the surf and onto the sand to bask, as humans sunbathe and frolic nearby. A handful of people gather ...
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