In recent weeks, at least fifteen nests have been detected on Spanish coasts, in addition to the hundred nests detected in Italy.

A loggerhead turtle nesting was detected on the urban beach of Los Boliches in Fuengirola (Málaga, Spain). The hatchlings have been included in a head-starting program in the Center for the Management of Marine Environment Resources of Andalusia (CEGMA) and part of them have been released in Fuengirola. It is planned to release the rest of them in September.
The Western Mediterranean Basin is becoming a more frequent nesting area. Marine turtles are likely to return to the beach or area...

The colonisation of new suitable habitats is crucial for species survival at evolutionary scale under changing environmental conditions. However, colonisation potential may be limited by philopatry that facilitates exploiting successful habitats across generations. This study examined the mechanisms of long distance dispersal of the philopatric loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) by analysing 40 sporadic nesting events in the western Mediterranean. The analysis of a fragment of the...