San Jose, Mar 30 (EFE). — Several unidentified young men dragged a green sea turtle behind a vehicle through a street somewhere on Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast and later slaughtered the animal ...

Poachers snatched hundreds of sea turtle eggs from nests along Costa Rica’s southern coast, a crucial refuge for olive ridley, green and hawksbill and other critically endangered sea turtles.

One normal migration for turtles, one giant discovery for humankind. With his 14-day journey from the waters of Costa Rica’s Cocos Island National Park to the Galapagos Marine Reserve in Ecuador, ...

Police arrested four men Thursday for the suspected killing of two green sea turtles on Costa Rica’s Caribbean Coast. The men, surnamed Castellón, Picado, Peña and Ballestero, and the dead turtles ...

Besides being beautiful, Costa Rica's beaches are the nesting sites of four endangered sea turtle species, which return each year to lay their eggs. But there is trouble in paradise for these ...

A GIANT SUCKING SOUND FOR SEA TURTLES: STUDY SAYS NICARGUA’S RICH SEA GRASS BEDS BECOME LAST STOP FOR ENDANGERED GREEN TURTLES Sea turtles that receive the highest protection in Costa Rica and ...

Sea turtles are ancient creatures that have inhabited our oceans for more than 100 million years. These guardians of the sea ...

Jaguars killed a minimum of 12 green turtles in 2007. Hawksbill nesting density was very low throughout the season, with only two nests recorded; one in May, the other in July. During daily track ...

Poachers snatched hundreds of sea turtle eggs from nests along Costa Rica’s southern coast, a crucial refuge for olive ridley, green and hawksbill and other critically endangered sea turtles.

If you visit Costa Rica, or another turtle destination, you might also have the opportunity to get up in the wee hours and witness the spectacular sight of a beach full of giant turtles.

Would you like to see sea turtles in Costa Rica during your travels? ... and the green turtle. Leatherback turtles are the largest turtles in the world. They can weight up to 2,000 pounds.