CHARLESTON S.C. (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday designated 685 miles (1,100 km) of beaches from Mississippi to North Carolina and 300,000 square miles (777,000 sq km) of ocean off the Gulf ...

Loggerhead sea turtles are a common sight on Gulf coast beaches during their nesting season. Sea turtle nesting season in the area runs from May 1 through Oct. 31. Female loggerheads typically return ...

Zakynthos island, in the Ionian Sea, is one of the most famous destinations for mass tourism in Europe. At the same time it hosts the most important nesting grounds for the Caretta caretta, the ...

REUTERS - The Obama administration has agreed by July 1 to map out areas to protect nesting beaches for endangered loggerhead sea turtles as part of a legal settlement with conservation groups. The ...

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“No turtle, no pay,” says the boatman as we arrive at the Iztuzu jetty, where visitors are embarking on tours of the lagoon in search of loggerhead turtles. Iztuzu lies on Turkey’s Dalyan Delta, an ...

An injured loggerhead sea turtle was found on the shore of the Saros Gulf in northwestern Turkey, far from its typical nesting habitat. Residents in the Karagöl area of Edirne’s Enez district spotted ...