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Leatherback turtles are expected to have another high nesting season, setting a record for the earliest nest recorded in Florida on Feb. 16. While sea turtle population numbers seem to be ...

Another mystery about baby turtles is that marine scientists do not know what they do once they enter the sea. “The years from the time they enter the sea till the time they return for nesting, ...

These are loggerhead sea turtles, and for years their numbers have been in decline. In fact, according to the Center for Biological Diversity, there may be only around 50,000 of them left in the wild.