While all other sea turtles have hard, bony shells, the inky-blue carapace of the leatherback is somewhat flexible and almost rubbery to the touch. Ridges along the carapace help give it a more ...
The green turtle is a large, weighty sea turtle with a wide, smooth carapace, or shell. It inhabits tropical and subtropical coastal waters around the world and has been observed clambering onto ...
By Alex Fox Photograph by Shane Gross Hawksbill sea turtles happily flap through the world’s tropical oceans with bellies full of glass-like fragments. Researchers examining the turtles ...
Warming temperatures allow tropical disturbances to draw more power ... The changing conditions raise questions about the future of sea turtles, an endangered animal that has played a crucial ...
Anglesey Sea Zoo believe Tally lost its way whilst ... for such species of turtles to survive, and many of the tropical turtles washed up on beaches around the UK are found dead," said the centre.
The hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), a critically ... The critically endangered hawksbills (Eretmochelys imbricata) are found in tropical and subtropical waters in the Atlantic ...