The annual number of times sea turtles spotted laying eggs has remained below 400 since 2021 and sank to a record low of 260 in 2023, only a quarter of the record high of 1,081, set in 2012.
That matters, of course, because development in the Middle East is booming, and “nesting habitat for turtles is continually shrinking,” Pilcher says. After harpooners land a leatherback in ...
With its striking black-and-white plumage and bright red patches, this master drummer is a forest favourite worldwide. The Great Spotted Woodpecker is a striking bird with bold black and white plumage ...
But most of these 1,200 sea turtles were lucky. The wind and currents had carried their motionless bodies ashore, where, at least, they could be found. Last week’s extraordinary storm that ...