Loggerhead Turtles

Marine predators have long been one of the most feared forms of life in the seas. A majority of these marine predators are apex predators, that is, they feature on top of the food chain. 1. Alligator Snapping Turtle The Alligator Snapping Turtle belongs to the class Reptilia and are carnivores and scavengers. These predators are known to consume anything they come into contact with. These include fish as well as their carcasses. The Alligator Snapping Turtle will also eat snakes, other...Read Full Story

A University of Exeter team has monitored the movements of an entire sub-population of marine turtle for the first time. The study confirms that through satellite tracking we can closely observe the day-to-day lives of marine turtles, accurately predicting their migrations and helping direct conservation efforts. This is a loggerhead turtle. Credit: Alan Rees Writing in the journalDiversity and Distributions, lead author and University of Exeter PhD student Dr Lucy Hawkes (now at Bangor...Read Full Story

Courtesy of Nathan Putman Researchers used hatchling loggerhead turtles, like this one wearing a special harness, to see how the turtles responded to changing magnetic fields as guides for migration. Loggerhead turtles are born with an ability to know where they are on Earth, and which way to swim to get to favorable feeding grounds. That's the conclusion from a new study by scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The turtles appear to accomplish this by being...Read Full Story

Share A young man who left his home in Texas at an early age, finally purchased his own ranch in Oklahoma. He invited his father out for a visit, and took him on a tour of the property. Driving along in the son’s pickup truck, a jack rabbit hopped onto the road in front of them. The son stopped the truck to let the rabbit pass, and the father queried, “What in tarnation is that!?” The son incredulously replied, “That’s a jackrabbit, Dad, what did you think it was?” The father...Read Full Story

The far northern Kwazulu Natal coast of South Africa hosts an annual natural spectacle that has remained unchanged for thousands of years. Every summer, hundreds of Leatherback and Loggerhead turtles complete their breeding cycle and emerge from the Indian Ocean to lay their eggs on this stretch of coastline – incredibly most returning to the exact beach on which they themselves hatched! Rocktail Bay Lodge - Loggerhead Turtle adult Witnessing a 250kg to 750kg Leatherback Turtle, averaging 1...Read Full Story