Tag: loggerhead sea turtle

Kristen Hart has been surveying a number of nesting loggerhead sea turtle populations for years. Like most turtle ecologists, she knows that the females don’t typically start nesting unless they...

Researchers predict that sea level rise on barrier islands in the southeastern U.S. will impact loggerhead and green sea turtle nesting, even in remote areas on barrier islands. Even low...

Endangered loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) make long journeys around the Atlantic Ocean but always return to the same beaches where they hatched to reproduce. But how do they know...

In just one nest, loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) nestlings tend to have multiple fathers, according to new research. This is good news, researchers say, since loggerhead sex is dependent...