KORONADAL CITY, March 21 -- Environmentalists in Sarangani province have documented a pair of Olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) engaged in rare mating behavior.

Cirilo Lagnason Jr., Sarangani Bay Protected Seascape (SBPS) protected area superintendent, said Thursday that they sighted the reptiles during the fieldwork expedition in the protected seascape with their visitors from DENR Central Luzon early this week.

"It's worth noting that sea turtles typically mate before their nesting season. In Sarangani Bay, the sea turtles' peak nesting period occurs from March to May," Lagnason said in a new release by DENR-12 (Soccsksargen).

Lagnason said the shorelines of SBPS are favored nesting grounds for olive ridley sea turtles...