It is located in practically all the seas and warm oceans of the planet, depending on its life cycle, it is possible to find it both in open sea and in shallow waters, coastal areas, bays and estuaries, approaching only the spawning beaches for spawning. The Loggerhead Turtle is the smallest and most abundant sea turtle in the Mediterranean. Their length can reach approximately 120 cm and their weight to 120 kg. Its body, covered with keratinised scales, is of variable colouring, its carapace is of brown to reddish tones, its plastron is yellowish and the rest of its body is yellowish-brown. Characteristic of this species are its 4-5 prefrontal scutes on the head, 5 pairs of costal scutes located on its hard carapace and 2 claws per flipper. They are omnivorous animals and their diet is very diverse, consisting of bivalves, gastropods, crustaceans, fish, corals, jellyfish, starfish, hedgehogs, sponges, algae and marine plants. Sexual maturity varies between 15-30 years, sexual dimorphism is only evident when they are adults, since the males have a tail of a few dimensions higher than the female, its copulating organ is inside. They are oviparous. The female is able to store sperm from several males until ovulation, spawning occurs approximately between June and July. Spawning takes place approximately between June and July. The female, reaches to perform 4 to 9 laid with intervals of about 2 weeks each. Then she goes through a rest period between 2 and 3 years to resume her reproductive cycle. The number of eggs ranges from 100 to 120 per nest, buried approximately half a metre from the tide line. The incubation period ranges from 50 to 80 days. Hatchlings are 4-5 cm, darker than adults and weigh about 20 g.