Named for their huge heads and powerful jaws, loggerhead turtles are the largest hard-shelled sea turtles alive today. Caretta caretta  are primarily carnivores, munching jellyfish, conchs, crabs, and even fish, but will eat seaweed and sargassum occasionally. Mature females will often return, sometimes over thousands of miles, to the beach where they hatched to lay their eggs. Worldwide population numbers are unknown, but scientists studying nesting populations are seeing marked decreases despite endangered species protections.

Angela Palacios drew a tortuga boba after #SurfPanama. Purchase it here.