The ocean can be an extremely dangerous place, even for an animal that migrates through and rides its currents for decades.
Warmer oceans and depleting food have affected the ubiquitous loggerhead turtle’s reproductive and migratory patterns — and even its size.
A new 17-year study of loggerhead sea turtles nesting in Cabo Verde shows climate change having impacts that may threaten their long term survival. Researchers from Queen Mary University of London and ...
A 17-year study shows that warmer oceans and falling food supply are causing sea turtles to nest earlier but lay fewer eggs.
There are many threats to sea turtles, but most of them come from humans. Dangers may range from getting entangled in fishing gear to losing their habitats from beach erosion and human development.
Mote Marine Laboratory's Sea Turtle Conservation and Research Program (STCRP) documented the first local turtle activity of the 2025 season on Saturday, April 26. The STCRP team reported one ...