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Georgia volunteer spots 250-pound loggerhead deep in marsh, setting off hourslong rescue

"Luckily, I also had my beach umbrella in the car and was able to keep her shaded." ...

Distressed loggerhead swims erratically off the Florida Keys, then Coast Guard rushes her to care

An urgent wildlife response is underway in the Lower Florida Keys after the Coast Guard saved a massive loggerhead sea turtle, giving the animal a second chance. Crews brought the female turtle named ...
Phys.org

Study reveals rapid shift in loggerhead sea turtles' range

Loggerhead sea turtles are sentinels for changing oceans. In a new analysis covering nearly 30 years of data on turtle movements, sea surface temperatures, and seawater chlorophyll levels, Stanford ...
Phys.org

Sea turtles' secret GPS: How loggerheads learn locations using Earth's magnetic field

A new study from researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill provides the first empirical evidence that loggerhead sea turtles can learn and remember the unique magnetic signatures ...
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Loggerhead sea turtle freed in Zamboanga del Norte

PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur — A loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) was released back into the sea after undergoing ...

Loggerhead sea turtle releases at Virginia Beach’s North End draw applause

VIRGINIA BEACH — A crowd of North End beachgoers hurried to the water’s edge at 47th Street on Thursday afternoon as an aquarium team released a rehabilitated loggerhead turtle. Wearing blue shirts ...
Newsday

A sea turtle with 3 flippers swims free after Florida rehab, now followed by satellite

JUNO BEACH, Fla. — Cheers rose from a bundled-up crowd as a loggerhead sea turtle that survived a likely shark attack trundled back into the ocean after months of rehabilitation in Florida, carrying a ...
People

Florida Volunteers Rescue a 172-Lb. Sea Turtle with Multiple Fishing Hooks In Its Flippers and Esophagus

Bowser, a male loggerhead, was "foul-hooked" and found with three fishing hooks stuck in and on his body upon its rescue Gulfarium C.A.R.E. Center Volunteers rescued a 172-pound loggerhead sea turtle ...
Forbes

New England Aquarium Helps Injured Sea Turtles Survive In The Wild

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Priya covers the ocean, climate change, and the future of our planet. Loggerhead sea turtles rehabilitated by the New England ...
WVEC

Navy relocates threatened loggerhead sea turtle nest to improve hatchling survival

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A team of natural resource specialists at Naval Air Station Oceana's Dam Neck Annex is working to protect the first loggerhead sea turtle nest documented in Virginia this nesting ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Rare sea turtle hybrid hatches at Queensland's largest mainland turtle nesting site

An uncommon sea turtle hybrid has been found on a Queensland beach. The animals are a cross between a green turtle and the vulnerable loggerhead turtle. A group of rare turtle hybrids has been found ...