Leatherback hatchlings. Photo source: ©© Jeroen Looyé
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The enormous, solitary leatherback sea turtle spends most of its long life at sea. After hatching and dispersing across the world’s oceans, only the female leatherbacks return to their natal beaches to lay clutches of eggs in the sand. A new study offers fresh insights into their nesting choices.
Human encroachment on leatherback nesting sites, in the form of beachfront construction and sand mining, is a major threat to the animals’ continuation as a species…
Illegal Sand-Mining Threatens Sea Turtle Population, St Kitts-Nevis (03-19-2011)
The biodiversity of St Kitts and Nevis, including the sea turtle population, is under threat due to the increase in illegal sand-mining that is taking place…
Sand Wars, An Investigation Documentary, By Award-Winning Filmmaker Denis Delestrac (2013)
More Sea Turtles Will Be Born Female As Climate Warms, Guardia UK (05-20-2014)
Turtles Change Migration Routes Due to Climate Change, IPS News
