loggerhead

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Federal authorities charged a Daly City man in an international trafficking plot to smuggle nearly 300 poached loggerhead musk turtles from Florida to Taiwan.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

A rare loggerhead turtle - a species not native to UK waters - has been rescued after being found near-dead on a Suffolk beach after being washed ashore in stormy weather.

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026

An estimated 25 bird species, including ladder-backed woodpeckers, loggerhead shrikes and western screech owls, nest in their trunks and branches.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 28, 2024

"Atmospheric conditions including wind and extreme weather events such as storms have been shown to trigger abnormal migratory behaviors in other large marine animals such as loggerhead sea turtles," said Ajemian.

From Science Daily • May 20, 2024

Today it was awesomely pure and bright, and totally safe for an old loggerhead to browse the grassy flats.

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen