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…)