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A 172-pound loggerhead turtle was rescued with four fishing hooks in his body, including one buried deep inside

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[The Tragedy of Nishi Beach 12] The Emperor Gets a Family

Please absolutely do not approach Titan triggerfish during their actual spawning season.[Summary of previous episodes]Off the ...
BIOENGINEER

Loggerhead turtles are quietly nesting on Greek beaches far north of their strongholds

A 40-year citizen-science record documents 583 loggerhead sea turtle nesting events along Greece's Ionian coasts, revealing ...
Panda

The loggerhead turtle: friend or foe?

Zakynthos island, in the Ionian Sea, is one of the most famous destinations for mass tourism in Europe. At the same time it hosts the most important nesting grounds for the Caretta caretta, the ...
Phys.org

Drones map loggerhead sea turtle nesting site hotspots

Florida's beaches—particularly those in Palm Beach County—are among the world's most vital nesting grounds for loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta), accounting for 90% of all loggerhead nests in ...
Mongabay

Teeming with turtles: Cabo Verde island sees 80-fold increase in nesting loggerheads

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A new study finds an 80-fold increase in the population of loggerhead turtles nesting at three beaches in Boa Vista, Cabo Verde’s third-largest ...
NPR

Loggerhead turtles are nesting in record numbers on beaches along the east coast

Loggerhead turtles are having a record nesting season in the U.S. but still struggle in other parts of the world. Loggerhead turtles are nesting in record numbers on beaches along the East Coast this ...