As Cabo Verde's fairytale journey continues at the FIFA World Cup, the tiny island just pulled off one of nature’s greatest comeback stories

While Cabo Verde earns international attention for its inspiring FIFA World Cup journey, the island nation is also celebrating an extraordinary environmental achievement. A new study published in Biological Conservation reports that loggerhead turtle nesting activity on Boa Vista increased 80-fold between 1998 and 2024 following decades of conservation efforts.