Quick answer
Key facts about loggerhead sea turtle — size, diet, habitat, and conservation in one place.
Nesting fidelity
Females lay 100+ eggs in sand nests every 2–3 years, returning to the same beach where they hatched. Hatchlings race moonlit water — artificial lights disorient them inland.
Powerful jaws
Loggerheads crush horseshoe crabs, conchs, and heavy-shelled prey — diet shifts with age from oceanic pelagic to coastal benthic feeding.
Pacific decline
Some Pacific populations critically depleted — Atlantic populations fare better with nest protection programmes.
Threats
Bycatch in trawls and longlines, plastic ingestion, and coastal development threaten Vulnerable loggerheads globally.