The Hawaiian archipelago is blessed with rare stretches of black sand beaches ... "An area of the beach was set aside for green sea turtles with half a dozen or more basking on the beach or ...

This beautiful black sand beach, set against the backdrop of the ... become a popular ecotourism destination for its efforts in sea turtle conservation. After exploring the shoreline, enjoy ...

When a hatching sea ... the sand and scrambles to the sea, a watching child might ask how the turtle knows where to go and how girl turtles know to come back one day to a nearby beach to lay ...

The green sea turtle is among the ... returning to their natal beaches every two to four years. Each clutch of eggs takes about 60 days to hatch, depending on sand temperature.

digging pits in the sand and depositing dozens of eggs before covering them up and returning to the sea. Florida beaches are one of the most important hatcheries for loggerheads in the world. Only ...

The green turtle is a large ... To nest, females leave the sea and choose an area, often on the same beach used by their mothers, to lay their eggs. They dig a pit in the sand with their flippers ...

Some say the waters here are too rough and rocky to enjoy swimming, but that's not the main reason to visit Punalu'u anyway. This beach in southern Hawai'i (specifically Ka'u) is ideal for its ...