In its present form the Caretta-caretta has existed on the earth for over 80 million years . The adult Mediterranean loggerhead is approximately one metre long and 90 centimetres wide, and can weigh up to 90 kilograms.

Each time the female Caretta-caretta returns to lay her eggs (between early June and late August) she does so on the same beach she was born on. She crawls ashore at night and pulls herself to the upper part of the beach, where she digs a hole and lays up to 150 eggs before returning to the sea. The same turtle may return approximately 15 days later to dig another nest and she may repeat this for a third or even fourth time in the same season.

The problem today and for the last decade or so is that the growth of careless tourism threatens the turtle’s life, as eggs are trampled on and even surviving hatchlings lose their way to the water. This is an ongoing problem that concerns Greece and the entire world.