Sea Turtle Research
Scientists are continually conducting research to broaden the understanding of sea turtles and their increasingly threatened populations.
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Sea Turtle Reproduction
Probably the most dramatic part of the reproduction process is the time when the hatchlings run for their lives from the nest to the ocean. A path that is full of dangers and only a small percentage survive.
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Sea Turtle Predators
They have few enemies because of their size and anatomy, but this does not prevent sometimes having to use their defense mechanisms to survive.
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Sea Turtle Habitat
They have a global distribution, but not all of them choose the same nesting beaches: while some prefer Mexican sand, others fancy places as far as the Australian coasts.
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Sea Turtle Feeding
The diet of sea turtles does not only centers on plants since they consume other food that may vary according to species, geographic location or even age.
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Sea Turtle Evolution
Data on the evolution of sea turtles, as well as the archaeological remains of their earliest ancestors which improved over time with the adaptations that evolution gave them, ended in the species we know today.
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Sea Turtle Anatomy
The main characteristics of sea turtles like body length and weight, fin design and functionality, some vital organs and their specific functions, as well as their adaptations.
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Olive Ridley Sea Turtle
Its population is the most abundant of all sea turtles, but this does not mean that they are out of danger. Lepidochelys olivacea has a conservation status as vulnerable. It is the only species with a variable number of scutes in the carapace.
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Loggerhead Sea Turtle
The loggerhead sea turtle is the second largest sea turtle. A peaceful reptile capable of coexisting with several marine species which nests mainly in the beaches of Florida and can live up to 67 years.
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Leatherback Sea Turtle
Dermochelys coriacea is the largest turtle in the world and the fourth largest reptile on the planet only smaller than three species of crocodiles. It is the only species that lacks a hard shell.
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