For the sea turtle mamas to their teeny babies, the journey from nesting to hatchling isn’t straightforward. Lessening the human footprint ... tripled the number of code enforcers.

The county coroner said the post is a hoax and that no human remains were recently found in the area. Though snapping turtles may decapitate prey, they are not known to be aggressive toward humans ...

But while people are driving turtles to extinction, Carstairs says we can also hold off that extinction. "Human intervention does make a difference, definitely," she said. A 2021 modelling study ...