Stephanie Coburtle--"Eagle of the Sea"--Is Off

The Great Turtle Race, an initiative by ten corporations and institutions to show that science is fun, begins today. Stephanie Coburtle, the turtle named after Stephen Colbert is Shifting Baselines' favored winner in this race from Costa Rica to their feeding grounds in the Galapagos Islands. "Normally, I'm no endangered species hugger..." said Colbert on his show. But his heart softened to these "eagles of the sea" after the Great Turtle Race not only made a name for Colbert but made conservation likeable.