The bog turtle population is dwindling due to a shrinking habitat and the illegal pet trade. Zoo Knoxville is giving the tiny turtles a head start.

MANSOURI BEACH, Lebanon — Just a few months ago on this deserted Mediterranean beach, Fadia Joumaa and a small ... turtles come in from the sea to lay their eggs, returning to the water as ...

Once the eggs hatched, turtle ... push their small gray heads out of their nests, clambering on top of each other to look for the reflecting moonlight that will guide them to the water’s edge.

Thompson carefully gathered the hatchlings, placed them in a container with a little bit of water and took them ... and keep an eye out for the small turtles. “Watch where you’re going because ...

used a small device, known as an accelerometer, to uncover novel findings into the behaviours of hatchlings as they emerge from their nests. Sea turtle eggs are buried in nests 30 -- 80cm deep.