Moonlit Scramble Across The Sand For Turkey's Booming Baby Turtle Population

Volunteers frame the nests with sticks to protect the eggs from sunbathers (Credit: AFP)

The baby loggerhead sea turtles emerged from their eggshells and began their first challenge in life: a wobbly dash across the sand to the moonlit waters of Turkey's Mediterranean coast -- sometimes with a helping hand from volunteers.

It is a perilous journey into the unknown for the sea turtles as only about one in 1,000 hatchlings will survive to adulthood.