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 ...

Earth's oceans may seem like an expanse of the same water to us, but try telling that to a sea turtle or a whale shark.

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 ...

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

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 ...

Endangered sea ... turtle on a beach in Trinidad in 2007. Credit: Brian J. Hutchinson/Oceanic Society via AP This photo provided by the Oceanic Society shows a young olive Ridley turtle in Costa ...

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 ...