Rescued turtles alert!

826 turtles, to be exact! These diamondback terrapin hatchlings were rescued from a storm drain in Jersey Shore by a group from Stockton University. Rescuers were looking for animals in need when they came across all these turtles and think these hatchlings were hiding out in the warm drain to avoid cold winter temperatures. Check out this news clip and this article to learn more about this heartwarming news. You know what also hangs out in storm drains? Trash!

Sing like a sea lion, splash like a seal.

To me, seals are like the roly-poly of aquatic creatures. What’s even cooler, is scientists recently discovered why seals and sea lions have such different takes on swimming, even though they come from common ancestors. By combining biology and engineering principles into models, scientists have come to think that seals use different swimming styles because of adapting to different environments multiple times. To learn more about this incredible discovery, check out this article. One thing seals and sea lions still have in common, though, is how plastic pollution threatens their health and wellbeing (read more about that here).