“To me Pride Month means freedom. Freedom to exist. Freedom to dream. Freedom to be. I'm celebrating this year by being honest and open about who I am.” — #NatGeoExplorer and marine conservation biologist Callie Veelenturf. #PrideMonth #SeaTurtleWeek Photo by: JonahReenders

Abphibious vehicles?! My very favorite kind. So stoked to be part of such innovative ways to save turtles! And more stoked to not drive 2 hours to pick them up 🙃🐢🏎

When you’re trying to get a cheeky patrol selfie but nature has better plans 😏❤️🐬

Can’t stop the giggles! I’m so lucky to work with such a silly crew of amazing humans 🐢🥰🥹

I’m always caught doing the most important work… texting Wendy Knight we’ve got this lady tagged and ready to go back to the ocean! 🐢💕🤳

⚠️ Nesting & Hatchling update ⚠️️ It was an incredibly exciting day yesterday with nesting and hatching activity. Our season total currently stands at 90 nests, 8659 eggs and 1523 hatchlings released! #nestingseason #seaturtle

When sea turtles hatch from a nest, it is called a boil. This is because the turtles come out of the sand so quickly, and in such a large number, it looks like the sand is boiling. How many hatchlings can you count in this photo? 👀🕵️‍♂️#seaturtle #conservation #turtletuesday

What kind of eggs are these!? 👀 For reference: this is an indoor English Ivy plant. What do I do?! 🌱🪴😭

⚠️ Just as we think the season has officially come to an end, we have another nest! This season has been not only our largest with 104 nests, now it's also our longest season! Watch as our Conservation Field Supervisor, Tess, explains more about the process.

What did you do this weekend? 🐢 #seaturtle #meme

Wait, why did I never think about this as an issue… My kitten is eating sharks 😭🐈‍⬛🦈

Fully funded #PhD to study sea turtle foraging ecology using a range of molecular approaches. Opportunity for a biologist from UK or Indian Ocean region with interest in conservation genomics to join our group Swansea University with Sonia Consuegra Tamsyn Uren Webster swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate/s…

✨NEW PAPER✨We investigated worldwide opportunistic observations of #cetaceans 🌍🐳🐬interacting actively with #MarineLitter mainly #SingleUsePlastic🌊🗑️ 📄👇 sciencedirect.com/science/articl… #AnimalBehaviour #PlayWithPlasticLitter #PlasticEntanglement #PlasticIngestion #PlasticTreaty

🚨 Cold stunning is the MOST significant stranding cause in Texas and warming SST mean #’s on the rise ❄️🐢 Huge thanks to Donna J. Shaver, Ph.D. and Padre Island N.S. for the training and to Mark Diergaarde Blijdorp for some insight into ⬆️ cold strandings in the North Sea! 🧐

My HERO 💩😍🐋#womeninscience #STEM

ABSURD to me that the media used to glorify the use of plastic like this! 😡Now it is ✨ubiquitous ✨in our environment🌎(and our bodies)😬 Let’s #BeatPlasticPollution by getting educated 👩‍🏫and making active choices to help out ♻️

Had a blast guiding and banding for the Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival this year! It’s the #southtexas warblers for me 🦜👀😱 #RGV #birding #tennessee #hooded #warbler *activities conducted under USGS banding permit*