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Warmer weather may have prompted early start to endangered green turtle mating season
ABC News
27 October 2013
Observers on Lady Elliot Island off south-east Queensland say they have never seen so many endangered green turtles mating so early in the season.
The island, at the southern end of the Great Barrier Reef, is a haven for wildlife and for the past month it has been a focal point of animal activity. Read more
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