Where do turtles and tortoises lay their eggs? Both turtles and tortoises lay their eggs on land. Even aquatic turtles come ...
At least 35 baby sea turtles from a guarded hatchery in a village in Curimao, Ilocos Norte were guided back to the wild ...
2024 brought nearly 15,000 sea turtle nests along the 9.5 miles of beach front from Juno Beach to Tequesta, according to the ...
It’s the middle of a summer night on a beach in Florida. Nicole Flanders is covered in sweat and sand. She’s batting away ...
Female sea turtles lay their eggs deep in the sand and its temperature, during the middle part of the 45-65-day incubation period, determines whether the hatchlings will be male or female.
Illegal trade poses an enormous threat to sea turtles, which are trafficked for their meat, eggs, shells, and other parts. And stopping it isn’t easy.
Lebanese volunteers are anxious to get back to sea turtle conservation on southern beaches that were off-limits to civilians ...
And though their nesting grounds are protected and many commercial fishing fleets now use turtle excluder devices ... they find a satisfying spot to lay their eggs. Even more riveting is the ...
Female turtles generally lay eggs in a three-year cycle ... “We have found that even if they do change the timing of their nesting, that's not going to be sufficient to maintain the temperatures of ...
The photographer has seen mother turtles struggle to find places to lay their eggs because the beaches have shrunk due to tide embankments and land reclamation projects. On other occasions ...
Arriving together in such numbers and synchronizing their egg ... But why do poachers target nests and not the turtles themselves? Culturally, he explains, the eggs are popular in the region.