Tour de Turtles: Saving Sea Turtles is a Marathon, Not a Sprint

Tour de Turtles: Saving Sea Turtles is a Marathon, Not a Sprint

Turtle nesting season is in full swing!  One amazing thing about sea turtles is that they migrate thousands of miles to nest on the same beach where they were born.  They have a built-in GPS and use the earth’s magnetic field to pinpoint specific spots on the coastline to breed. 

Lazy Turtle is proud to sponsor the Sea Turtle Conservancy’s Tour de Turtles: a fun, educational journey through the science, research, and geography of sea turtle migration using satellite telemetry. This event follows the migration of sea turtles, representing several different species, from their nesting beaches to their foraging grounds.

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