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This year, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida wasn’t just a launchpad for rockets—it also witnessed a record-breaking 13,935 sea turtle nests, 639 more than the previous year and the highest since 1984. These nests, located on the center’s undisturbed beaches, belong to species recognized as endangered or threatened, such as the green (Chelonia mydas) and loggerhead (Caretta caretta) turtles.

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