Hurricane Erin wipes out many endangered turtle nests, even with minimal impact on land.
This week, Hurricane Erin hit North Carolina’s barrier islands with powerful winds and waves, devastating many sea turtle nests. Unfortunately, it buried eggs deep in the sand and some were swept right into the ocean. On Topsail Island, over half of the 43 loggerhead turtle nests were destroyed by the storm, as reported by Terry […]
Radioactive wasp nests found at a nuclear site in South Carolina raise concerns about potential contamination and leaks
Radioactive Bees Spark Concerns at South Carolina Nuclear Sites The conversation surrounding radioactive bees at Cold War-era nuclear sites in South Carolina seems to keep coming back. Recently, investigators found a “hot” nest within a nuclear weapons facility in the area. This discovery has raised alarms about possible leaks and contamination that may have previously […]
Florida man goes to beach searching for sea turtle nests, finds over $1 million in cocaine instead
A Florida man recently went looking for sea turtle nests but ended up finding over 70 pounds of cocaine on the shore. An unnamed man went looking for sea turtle nests on Amelia Island Beach near Jacksonville on the Atlantic coast when he found a 71.4-pound block of cocaine that police believe has a street […]
Man looking for turtle nests on Florida beach finds bricks of cocaine worth $4M
Police say a man searching for sea turtle nests on a North Florida beach discovered more than 70 pounds of cocaine with a street value of $4 million. The bizarre discovery was made Friday morning on a beach on Amelia Island in Nassau County. News4Jax reported. Photos showed the 32-kilogram block of cocaine was wrapped […]