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Skedaddling Sea Turtles: How Loggerheads React to Hurricanes

Dave Shaw

image: Shilo Felton prepares to monitor and document oystercatchers on Cape Hatteras National Seashore, while one of her study’s subjects looks on. Credit: Tracy Borneman/NC State University.

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Skedaddling Sea Turtles: How Loggerheads React to Hurricanes

Not only do these turtles dive longer and change locations, but their new behaviors linger after the storms have passed.