Loggerhead Sea Turtle Facts, Pictures & Information For Kids & Adults

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Last week, our biologists encountered an adult female loggerhead. This big girl weighed in at 133.5 kg, which is about 294 pounds! While performing a scientific work-up on this turtle, we found that she had been previously tagged, but no longer had her flipper tags. This is quite common for turtles that have been recaptured throughout the years. While we often recapture turtles that were originally caught by our group, occasionally we encounter sea turtles that have been tagged by other organiza

Turtle Release 🎉 Our team recently captured this female loggerhead sea turtle! We completed a turtle workup with measurements, tags, and an overall health assessment. This turtle measured 91.5 cm (36 in.) in length and weighed 112.6 kg (248 lbs.). She is what we call “robust”, which is a good sign that she is a productive female here for nesting season! This turtle was also a “new recruit” that hadn’t been tagged by anyone else. Before returning to the ocean, she received two external flipper t

Good Samaritans rescue trapped loggerhead sea turtle