David Addison, co-director of the environmental studies department at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida, and intern Bonnie Fairbanks ride back to Naples from Keewaydin Island after spending a night searching for turtles. Monitoring nesting activity started as a way to protect turtle eggs from predators, but it's also now used for research.

Photo by LEXEY SWALL, Daily News

David Addison, co-director of the environmental studies department at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida, and intern Bonnie Fairbanks ride back to Naples from Keewaydin Island after spending a night searching for turtles. Monitoring nesting activity started as a way to protect turtle eggs from predators, but it's also now used for research.

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