Young 'Lost Year' Loggerhead Turtle (IMAGE)

NOAA Fisheries West Coast Region

Young 'Lost Year' Loggerhead Turtle

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The sighting of numerous young loggerhead turtles hundreds of miles off the California Coast is providing new insight into the species' migration across the Pacific Ocean.

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Paula Olson/NOAA Fisheries

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