Costa Rica has many beaches with its coastline stretches of lush turtle nesting. Due to severe interference by human and wild life such as industrial fishing, the turtle egg poaching and selling the products made of turtle shell, turtle species are in danger. There are some Sea Turtle Conservation Projects which are working for preserving the […]
Common Name: Leatherback Sea Turtle Type: Sea Turtle / Reptile Family: Dermochelyidae Range: The leatherback turtles are found worldwide in the tropical and mild waters of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. It also exists in small numbers in British Columbia, British Isles, Newfoundland, Argentina and Australia. An estimated 34,500 females nested annually worldwide during […]
Common Name: The Hawksbill Sea Turtle Type: Sea Turtle / Reptile Family: Cheloniidae Range: The Hawksbill turtles are available throughout the warm tropical and subtropical waters of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans as well as Caribbean Sea. They avoid deep waters and prefer coastlines where sponges are plentiful and the sandy nesting sites are […]
Olive ridley sea turtles are one of the most famous species of turtles and the second smallest–next to Kemp’s Ridley. These turtles are most famous for its mass nesting in few areas, mainly in the Ostional Wildlife Refuge in Costa Rica. Along with this fascinating spectacle come international threats such as the widening and increasing […]
The Ostional Wildlife Refuge is world-famous for being the biggest nesting ground of mainly olive ridley turtles as well as leatherback and pacific green turtles. Located in between Punta India in the north and Punta Guiones and Nosara over in the south, this truly unique wildlife refuge is home to one of the greatest turtle […]