Turtles' road to parenthood is paved with good intentions

It was late June, and an Environment Canada scientist was in Algonquin Park, looking for snapping turtle eggs as he studied effects of pollution on wildlife.
Snappers come ashore to bury their eggs in shallow holes, often in sand or gravel by a roadside. But the nests this biologist found were different.
They were buried in asphalt, in road patches so fresh the unmistakable smell of oil was everywhere. And there were three nests, indicating three different mother turtles had gone to work in the