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According to DarkSky International, outdoor lights draw turtle hatchlings away from the ocean, confuse birds during migration, and result in the death of nighttime insects.
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Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 20 Dec. 2025
In the laboratory, scientists have euthanized hatchlings and examined them internally to learn that certain steady incubation temperatures produce certain ratios of males to females.
—Elizabeth Preston, Scientific American, 16 Dec. 2025
Instead, sea turtles nest on the beach, their hatchlings’ sense of orientation protected by dark-sky rules and by long-term residents who know to handle them with care on their extensive strolls along a quiet, windswept beach.
—Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 15 Dec. 2025
Tourists applaud as about a dozen more palm-sized hatchlings stumble into the sea.
—Diaa Hadid, NPR, 28 Nov. 2025
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Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 20 Dec. 2025
In the laboratory, scientists have euthanized hatchlings and examined them internally to learn that certain steady incubation temperatures produce certain ratios of males to females.
—Elizabeth Preston, Scientific American, 16 Dec. 2025
Instead, sea turtles nest on the beach, their hatchlings’ sense of orientation protected by dark-sky rules and by long-term residents who know to handle them with care on their extensive strolls along a quiet, windswept beach.
—Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 15 Dec. 2025
Tourists applaud as about a dozen more palm-sized hatchlings stumble into the sea.
—Diaa Hadid, NPR, 28 Nov. 2025
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“Hatchling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hatchling. Accessed 27 Dec. 2025.
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hatchling
noun
hatch·ling
ˈhach-liŋ 
: a recently hatched animal
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