Technology and tradition team up to watch over a sacred island’s sea turtles

POILÃO ISLAND, Guinea-Bissau — As night falls, the only lights visible on uninhabited Poilão Island are the nearly full moon and the eerie red glow beaming from a few headlamps. The soft spotlight of a headlamp occasionally falls on a sea turtle and gives the beach scene an other-worldly feel befitting the island’s sacred status. … Continue reading Technology and tradition team up to watch over a sacred island’s sea turtles