Dozens of loggerhead hatchlings just churned up from the sand at Fort Fisher, and the spectacle has a name that sounds far more alarming than what actually unfolded on that North Carolina beach.

FORT FISHER, N.C. — Dozens of loggerhead sea turtle hatchlings made their way toward the ocean during a recent nest “boil” at Fort Fisher State Recreation Area. North Carolina State Parks and ...

One of nature’s most endearing spectacles occurs when 100–150 sea turtle hatchlings dig themselves out from below the sand en mass. After they “boil” out of their beach nest, they toddle toward the ...

One North Carolina beach in the Fort Fisher State Recreation Area was recently the scene of something extraordinary. Dozens of hatchling loggerhead turtles emerged from the sand and made their way to ...