Last week, a family walking the beach on the Gulf Coast of Texas spotted an unusual sight in the sand in front of them.

A loggerhead turtle is recovering at the Gulf Center after being found stranded and heavily encrusted in Sargent.

The tough-to-recognize creature was identified as an endangered loggerhead sea turtle, and it even had barnacles stuck to its tongue, according to the Galveston-based Gulf Center for Sea Turtle ...

This loggerhead sea turtle washed ashore in Texas covered in layer of encrustation, including barnacles in its mouth, experts discovered. Gulf Center for Sea Turtle Research photo It’s common ...