Life can get off to a rough start for loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) hatchlings. In fact, it can look more like a feeding frenzy with the sea...
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Life can get off to a rough start for loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) hatchlings. In fact, it can look more like a feeding frenzy with the sea turtles as the featured dish. After they hatch from their nests on the beach, Australia’s golden ghost crabs (Ocypode convexa) will trap the turtles by gripping their necks. Then they decapitate the turtle and feed on their severed heads. It’s a grisly scene for the turtles that is detailed in a study published earlier this year in the journal Animals. The crabs along Australia’s western coast prey on loggerhead sea turtles. CREDIT: Casper Avenant, ECU and DBCA. “Previous studies...
Life can get off to a rough start for loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) hatchlings. In fact, it can look more like a feeding frenzy with the sea...
Nearly 4,500 baby turtles were released into the ocean in the first half of 2025 as part of Côn Đảo National Park’s long-running conservation...
Nearly 4,500 baby turtles were released into the ocean in the first half of 2025 as part of Côn Đảo National Park’s long-running conservation...
On her journey to monitoring and conserving coral reefs, Dr Anjani Ganase works with a sea turtle study in Tobago, and visits Grande Riviere to see...
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