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Loggerhead Sea Turtle Getting caught in fishing nets is just one of the major threats to the Loggerhead Sea Turtle. Loss of habitat due to development for humans is also leading to their demise.
Family Cheloniidae (sea turtles) Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) VU; Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) EN (Hawaiian subpopulation: LC;
Archelon is an extinct marine turtle from the Late Cretaceous, and is the largest turtle ever to have been documented, with the biggest specimen measuring 4.6 m (15 ft) from head to tail and 2.2–3.2 t (2.4–3.5 short tons) in body mass.
JUNO BEACH — Researchers saw fewer sea turtle nests on a 9.5-mile stretch of beach in Juno Beach, Jupiter and Tequesta this season than they did in the three seasons before it. Loggerhead ...
The subspecific classification of the loggerhead sea turtle is debated, but most authors consider it a single polymorphic species. [12] Molecular genetics has confirmed hybridization of the loggerhead sea turtle with the Kemp's ridley sea turtle, hawksbill sea turtle, and green sea turtles. The extent of natural hybridization is not yet ...
A Loggerhead Sea Turtle makes it way to the Atlantic Ocean in Juno Beach, Florida. Authorities in the state are working to stop sea turtles from getting from the beach to a nearby road in Flagler ...
Adelita is the name of the first sea turtle tracked across an ocean basin, the northern Pacific Ocean.A satellite tag was placed on Adelita, [1] a female loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta), in 1996 [2] by marine biologist Wallace J. Nichols for a research project.
Moira — the second loggerhead sea turtle ever to be found in British Columbia waters — was found in critical condition at just 8.4 degrees, which is far below what her temperature should have ...