Loggerhead turtle hatchlings exit a nest on the Chandeleur Islands just east of New Orleans just after midnight on August 21, ...

to uncover novel findings into the behaviours of hatchlings as they emerge from their nests. Sea turtle eggs are buried in nests 30 -- 80cm deep. Once hatched, the newborn turtles make their way ...

Newly hatched sea turtles ‘swim’ their way out of buried nests into the world 1. When green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) emerge from the egg, they are buried in sand up to a metre deep.

Schwanz. More information: David Dor et al, Swimming through sand: using accelerometers to observe the cryptic, pre-emergence life-stage of sea turtle hatchlings, Proceedings of the Royal Society ...

Over a hundred turtle hatchlings returned to the ocean hoping for a chance of survival after they hatched from the Walai ...

The shores of Sekania on the Ionian island of Zakynthos are reportedly known as the Mediterranean's greatest "maternity ward" ...

The return of endangered nesting turtles to the Chandeleur Islands off Louisiana's coast is great news for wildlife -- and it ...

The Greek island of Zakynthos, described as the largest loggerhead turtle maternity ward in the Mediterranean.

Baby loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) and green turtles (Chelonia mydas) made their way from their sandy nests in South Lebanon to the Mediterranean Sea, their flippers seemingly too large for ...

Before the discovery of hatchlings on the islands in 2022, Kemp's ridley turtles hadn't been documented there for more than 75 years. Researchers have now recorded 136 sea turtle crawls on the ...