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

Loggerhead Turtle | Oceana

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

Incredible video of loggerhead sea turtle hatchlings journey from their nest in Pass Christian, MS to the Mississippi Sound. It is great to see sea turtle nesting returning to the Mississippi Coast resulting from the many restoration efforts of our State. We want to recognize the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources and the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality for their restoration efforts. | The Institute for Marine Mammal Studies

Good Samaritans rescue trapped loggerhead sea turtle