Lost At Birth: Interstate Lights Misdirect Baby Turtles | Weather.com
September 25, 2025Updated: September 25, 2025, 12:00 pm EDTPublished: September 25, 2025, 12:00 pm EDT

When artificial lights outshine the moon, baby sea turtles can lose their natural GPS and crawl away from the ocean instead of toward it. See how lights overlooking Georgia's largest Buc-ee's are creating a conservation crisis for endangered loggerheads on coastal islands.

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