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From August through March, guests and homeowners can help release hatchlings into the surf at sunset — sometimes by the thousands.
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Kathryn Romeyn, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2025
Female birds actually can manage a free lunch through brood parasitism by forcing other birds to raise their hatchlings.
—Nathan H. Lents, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Apr. 2025
Mommy, a 100-year-old Galápagos tortoise at the Philadelphia Zoo, recently became a first-time mother to four hatchlings.
—Natasha Frost, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Earlier this year, Jacksonville Today reported that homeowners in American Beach, Florida, planned to sue Nassau County officials in an attempt to protect loggerhead and green sea turtle hatchlings from beach drivers on the area’s popular dunes.
—Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
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Kathryn Romeyn, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2025
Female birds actually can manage a free lunch through brood parasitism by forcing other birds to raise their hatchlings.
—Nathan H. Lents, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Apr. 2025
Mommy, a 100-year-old Galápagos tortoise at the Philadelphia Zoo, recently became a first-time mother to four hatchlings.
—Natasha Frost, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Earlier this year, Jacksonville Today reported that homeowners in American Beach, Florida, planned to sue Nassau County officials in an attempt to protect loggerhead and green sea turtle hatchlings from beach drivers on the area’s popular dunes.
—Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
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“Hatchling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hatchling. Accessed 15 May. 2025.
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hatchling
noun
hatch·ling
ˈhach-liŋ 
: a recently hatched animal
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