Early every morning between July and December, some 260 neighbors of Ostional beach dedicate themselves to taking care of one of the only nesting grounds for the lora turtle.
The beach on Costa Rica's Pacific coastline is one of three places in the world where large numbers of the turtles can be found. The others are in Mexico and India.
A few years ago, the turtles only occupied about a kilometer (about a half mile) of the beach. Today, you can find them along a 7-kilometer (4-mile) stretch.
Gerardo Chaves, a biologist at the University of Costa Rica who has studied the turtles for 11 years, said the population has increased significantly and some 1 …
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