Weighing up to 700 pounds green turtles are among the largest ... often on the same beach used by their mothers, to lay their eggs. They dig a pit in the sand with their flippers, fill it with ...

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.

When underwater creatures or objects can’t be seen in the watery depths some people are terrified and this fear has a name — ...

(AP) — Just as they have for millions of years, sea turtles by the thousands made their labored crawl from the ... Female turtles generally lay eggs in a three-year cycle, leading to up-and-down years ...

Arriving together in such numbers and synchronizing their egg-laying ... turtles because of the nest density.” When one female turtle inadvertently digs up an earlier nest, Valverde explains ...

But while he continues to photograph loggerheads, he has grown increasingly concerned about their prospects. The photographer has seen mother turtles struggle to find places to lay their eggs ...