One female green turtle was struck by a ship just down ... facing a gantlet of predators on land and at sea. Costa Rica began trying to prohibit egg harvests in the 1970s, but enforcement was ...

A deformed two-headed olive ridley sea turtle hatchling was found on a beach on Costa Rica’s northwest Pacific coast, leading experts to believe that contaminants, increased temperatures possibly ...

Ostional National Wildlife Refuge, located on Costa Rica’s Pacific coast. Courtesy photo Ostional National Wildlife Refuge, ...

It was an experience that prepared me for the olive ridley sea turtle arribada (Spanish for “arrival”) on the tropical beach of Ostional, Costa Rica. Turtles came ashore in the of tens of ...

Thirty-year recovery trend in the once depleted Hawaiian green sea turtle stock ... Local perceptions of turtle conservation and turtle-based ecotourism in Tortuguero, Costa Rica. NOAA Technical ...

Locals call it the arribada, Spanish for “arrival”: the magical days and nights when tens of thousands of sea turtles come ashore on Costa Rica ... sea turtle. Named for its green hue ...

The highlight is definitely taking an evening sea turtle nesting tour ... the many years we have lived in Costa Rica. The highlight of Tortuguero is seeing Green Sea Turtles in their nesting ...