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A Turtle’s Journey: Grab free red lights before ghost crab hunting in Destin

DESTIN, Fla. (WKRG) — The summer tourist season is about to start on the Emerald Coast. Prior to millions of visitors packing the beaches, marine animals that call this area home will be coming ashore ...
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A Turtle’s Journey: Grab a free red filtered flashlight for beach walks and ghost crab hunts

DESTIN, Fla. (WKRG) — The City of Destin is stepping up its ‘Leave No Trace’ initiative by giving residents and visitors free red-filtered flashlights to use on local beaches. Red filtered flashlights ...
The Island Packet

This skittering creature comes out after dark and ‘haunts’ Carolina shores

When the sun sets and the beach quiets, tiny, skittering spectral creatures begin to peek out of their sandy burrows. Locals know and love the ghost crabs, and a favorite pastime of Carolina beach ...
The Island Packet

As storm raged, volunteers saved tiny Hunting Island turtle from killer crab

This hatchling was saved from the claws of a ghost crab during Tropical Storm Debby. Members of the Sea Turtle Conservation Project Project, who rescued it, named it Little Debby after the storm. Beth ...

Where did the ghost crabs go? Here's how beach conditions affect crabs' homes

On many beaches, the homes of ghost crabs can be buried or disturbed by the way we maintain our shorelines, Jace Tunnell ...
AOL

As storm raged, volunteers saved tiny Hunting Island turtle from killer crab

A small loggerhead turtle, just minutes old, survived two perils that could have and should have ended its young life. But thanks to the good eyes and quick responses of some human volunteers, the ...