America’s National Parks Podcast
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Under the light of the moon, shelled creatures emerge from the ocean and make their way onto the sandy shoreline. They drag their bodies through the sand until one by one, they stop. Each migrant reptile will use her back flippers to dig a hole in the sand, depositing up to 100 eggs before covering them again for protection. The new mother will then follow the moonlight back into the safety of the ocean. It's early summer along this seashore, and something spectacular is occurring: it’s sea turtle nesting season along the Outer Banks in North Carolina.
A couple of months later, tiny turtles will emerge from the sand and their shells and begin the seemingly impossible journey back into the ocean, on the same sand their mother did years or even decades earlier. Although they face many challenges, these magnificent creatures are worth protecting.
This week on America’s National Parks: the sea turtles of Cape Hatteras National Seashore.
Ring, Grandfather, Ring
Changes to Free National Park Admission,World's Longest Fossilized Footprints | National Park News
Nevermore
Marconi
Second Century Camping
A Tale of Two Roads
New NPS Units, Bears, Rescues, and Fires | National Park News
Leave No Trace (or...How to Poop in the Woods)
The Million Dollar Room
Wolverines, an Overturned Tanker, and a $500,000 Fine | National Park News
Parks During a Pandemic
90 Years in the West
News From the Parks: New NPS Funding, Strange Blue Squares at Zion, Cuyahoga Dams Removed
The Complexities of Climate Change
Pullman
Sand Creek
News from the Parks | Big Bend Closes, Yosemite Cancels Reservations
Hey Bear!
The Green Table
The Great American Outdoors Act
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