The Olive Ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) sea turtle hatchlings have been cared for by SLPP at the Labac Conservatory Facility, located on the banks of Barangay Labac, since December 2024.

When temperatures drop, snapping turtles head for the water and enter a state of brumation, a slowed state of activity for cold-blooded animals where they stop eating and their metabolism slows.

Only one in about 1,000 turtle hatchlings survive to adulthood. The turtles are important in maintaining the healthy balance of the marine ecosystem. One of their main food sources is jellyfish ...

Odisha’s Gahirmatha and Rushikulya beaches witness the arrival of lakhs of female olive ridley turtles every year. They make nests in the sand using their flippers and lay between 100 and 110 eggs ...

But only one in about 1,000 turtle hatchlings survive to adulthood. But the turtles are important in maintaining the healthy balance of the marine ecosystem. One of their main food sources is ...

Turtles can be found anywhere, from local ponds and the deep, blue sea to an aquarium tank in your bedroom. These aquatic, semiaquatic or terrestrial creatures are easily recognized thanks to ...

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European red foxes have become more aggressive at East Point in Mackay, and are digging up turtle eggs and biting hatchlings. Trapping methods have been unsuccessful so far, but will continue ...

a Beatbot representative tells us that the robot has a swimming speed close to that of a real sea turtle, and that it could conceivably swim all day if it were to periodically take solar-charging ...

Are snapping turtles native to Iowa? Yes. Snapping turtles are considered to be a native and common species in Iowa. They are found in bodies of water and prairie marshes statewide, according to ...

Turtle nests hatch when the temperature in the nest cools, usually between 6pm to 10pm, Waters said. "A nest will have about 100 eggs. Hatchlings emerge all together — called an eruption," she ...

SAN JOSE, Occidental Mindoro (PIA) — Fifty-four olive ridley sea turtles or “pawikan” hatchlings were recently released into the ocean in the municipality of San Jose. Two batches of hatchlings were ...