Sentences with phrase «leatherback sea turtles nesting»

The researchers focused on leatherback sea turtles nesting on St. Kitts, an island in the West Indies southeast of Puerto Rico.

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«Leatherback sea turtles choose nest sites carefully, study finds.»

Other studies of sea turtles suggest that characteristics of the sand, the slope of the beach and proximity to vegetation contribute to the success or failure of nests, but «no study has tried to determine what factors cause female leatherback sea turtles to dig a nest in a particular spot, or what factors contribute to when they come up to nest,» the researchers wrote.

To determine whether this was so, the team tracked leatherback sea turtles» behavior on St. Kitts during the 2008 nesting season, from May through July.

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In summer, loggerhead and leatherback turtles come out of the sea to nest on the Sodwana beaches.

Its beaches are key nesting grounds for endangered sea turtles, such as Hawksbills, Loggerheads, Green Sea Turtles and Leatherbacsea turtles, such as Hawksbills, Loggerheads, Green Sea Turtles and Leatheturtles, such as Hawksbills, Loggerheads, Green Sea Turtles and LeatherbacSea Turtles and LeatheTurtles and Leatherbacks.

Four species of sea turtles nest on Aruba: The Leatherback, the Loggerhead, the Green and the Hawksbill.

Due to being located inside of a National Park, the beach is protected for the nesting of the Giant Leatherback Sea Turtles from October through April.

The Tortuguero National Park is one of the most important nesting sites in the world for marine turtles such as the giant leatherback turtles, the green sea turtles and the hawksbill turtles.

Besides the Green Sea Turtles, the Leatherback and Hawksbill sea turtles also nest along the wide beaches heSea Turtles, the Leatherback and Hawksbill sea turtles also nest along the wide beacheTurtles, the Leatherback and Hawksbill sea turtles also nest along the wide beaches hesea turtles also nest along the wide beacheturtles also nest along the wide beaches here.

Green and Leatherback Sea Turtles also nest here, and occasionally we see a Hawksbill or a Kemp's Ridley.

Marino Las Baulas is one of the world's most significant nesting sites for the endangered leatherback sea turtle, which comes ashore between the months of October and March.

Four species of sea turtle (green, Pacific ridley, hawksbill, and leatherback) nest on the beaches.

Located near Tamarindo, Las Baulas National Marine Park is an important nesting spot for leatherback sea turtles.

Las Baulas National Marine Park: You can see Leatherback, Pacific Green, and Hawksbill sea turtles come ashore to nest on guided tours with the park service.

It was one of the last nights at the sanctuary for one of the U.S. volunteers, and Mora agreed to take her and the three other volunteers out to the beach at night in hopes of catching a glimpse of a nesting leatherback sea turtle.

Thursday night I filed a story about a newly realized long - distance connection — between logging deep in the Congo River basin and the nesting grounds of one of the rarest reptilian denizens of the sea, the leatherback turtle.

Luis Jorge Rivera Herrera, Puerto Rico: Luis Jorge Rivera Herrera helped lead a successful campaign to establish a nature reserve in Puerto Rico's Northeast Ecological Corridor — an important nesting ground for the endangered leatherback sea turtle — and protect the island's natural heritage from harmful development.

UPDATED, 8:00 a.m.: For the first time since the 1930's, federal biologists confirmed that a leatherback sea turtle has nested on a Texas beach, at the Padre Island National Seashore near Corpus Christi.

Luis Jorge Rivera Herrera helped lead a successful campaign to establish a nature reserve in Puerto Rico's Northeast Ecological Corridor — an important nesting ground for the endangered leatherback sea turtle — and protect the island's natural heritage from harmful development.

In addition to its scenic and recreational value, it has enormous biological significance as an important nesting ground for endangered leatherback sea turtle.

The protection of the Corridor is one of the Sierra Club of Puerto Rico's top conservation priorities, and is also one of the most important U.S. nesting grounds for the Leatherback, the world's largest sea turtle.