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

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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.