Night patrol teams on Cabo Verde beaches saw 30 loggerheads a night as study finds 80-fold rise

Night patrol teams on Cabo Verde beaches saw 30 loggerheads a night as study finds 80-fold rise

A few years ago, patrol teams on Boa Vista in Cabo Verde began noticing a striking change. After years of seeing only a handful of loggerhead turtles during nightly surveys, they suddenly started encountering dozens in a single shift. Long-term monitoring has now confirmed those early observations, with researchers pointing to the surge as evidence of a major conservation success and a significant recovery for the island's loggerhead population.…