If you’re more concerned about your kid’s first B or what type of wildblue deals can save you money perhaps you’ve got your priorities mixed up. The sea turtle is one of the nation’s most endangered species and there are only a few places in the US where this animal still thrives naturally. Consider a conservation trip to one of these cities:
Fort Lauderdale – The city pours a lot of money into conservation and there are protected areas everywhere designated for sea turtles to lay their eggs. Vessels try to (more…)

Is It Illegal To Interfere With Sea Turtle Nests?

Sea turtles are disappearing rapidly for a number of reasons. One of the reasons is because of the increasing difficultly for the mother turtles to find a place to lay their eggs. The shores are eroding more and more each year due to natural causes, while human interference in the landscape causes undesirable conditions for laying eggs. They either have to find a new place to construct their nests or refrain from laying eggs at all. Because of this, many states have implemented laws that make it illegal (more…)

Sea Turtles can be found all over the world. Most species of sea turtles prefer tropical or subtropical waters, although there are some species that can be found in much cooler bodies of water. It is well known that sea turtles lay their eggs on beaches within their known territories. Perhaps a lesser known fact is that most mature sea turtles spend the majority of their time in shallow coastal waters, even venturing into coastal bays and inlets.

Green Sea Turtles can be found throughout the Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, the Pacific and Indian Oceans, and in (more…)

There are times when you may be able to observe some members of the not so social green sea turtle family congregating offshore. Sea Turtles do travel together for the purpose of mating, eating and nesting in order to give birth to their young. The daily habits of sea turtle differ from species to species due to the turtles vulnerability to cold climate changes. For instance, the Green Sea Turtle thrives best in the warm waters located in tropical and (more…)

Green sea turtles are magnificent, graceful creatures. These saltwater swimmers can navigate across oceans, migrating between feeding and nesting grounds.

Green sea turtles are larger than other turtles, often growing three feet long and weighing as much as 350 pounds. They have long lives, too, as some live to be 100 years old. But many are threatened long before they reach that age.

Tropical waters are home to these turtles, and scientists monitor their populations by the number of nests laid on popular (more…)

Turtles have been around since the time of the dinasaurs, about 200 million years ago. Recently sea turtles are becoming endangered. The leatherback turtle, the largest type of sea turtle, is becoming endangered in the Pacific Ocean. There are many interesting facts about sea turtles. The top ten sea turtle factoids are listed below.

1. Six out of 7 types of sea turtles are currently endangered.

2. One sea turtle in a thousand survive to the age of adulthood.

3. The one turtle out (more…)

Each year, countless marine animals like the green sea turtle are injured or killed by debris on the world’s beaches. They become entangled, choked, or poisoned by the trash people leave behind. Not only does this harm turtles, mammals, and birds, but it poses health risks for people, too. It contaminates beaches and waterways.

Just as human hands can harm marine life, they can also make a positive difference. People can impact the ocean’s health through their collaborative efforts in a beach cleanup. (more…)

Finding an injured animal is very confusing, especially if you do not know what to do. More specifically, if you find an injured sea turtle on the beach what do you do? There are a few steps to work through if you find an injured sea turtle. Firstly, you must make sure you know what you are looking at. You do not want to do anything else if you are not sure it is a sea turtle. So, the way you tell is where you find it. If you are sure it is some (more…)