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Sea turtles need to reach the surface to breathe, and therefore many drown once caught. Loggerhead and hawksbill turtles are particularly vulnerable. Nearly all species of sea turtle are classified as Endangered. They are killed for their eggs, meat, skin and shells. They also face habitat destruction. Climate change has an impact on turtle ...
Loggerhead sea turtle escapes from fishing net through a turtle excluder device (TED) Threats to sea turtles are numerous and have caused many sea turtle species to be endangered. Of the seven extant species of sea turtles, six in the family Cheloniidae and one in the family Dermochelyidae, all are listed on the IUCN Red List of Endangered ...
Family Dermochelyidae (leatherback sea turtle) Leatherback sea turtle ( Dermochelys coriacea ) VU IUCN (East Pacific Ocean subpopulation - i.e. Hawaiian Is.: CR IUCN , West Pacific Ocean subpopulation: CR IUCN , Northwest Atlantic Ocean subpopulation: EN IUCN )
Hundreds of dead, vulnerable sea turtles washed up on South Asian beaches last week near the city of Chennai, India. These turtles were identified as olive ridley turtles, an endangered species ...
Typical of sea turtles, it has a dorsoventrally depressed body with specially adapted flipper-like front limbs and a beak. Kemp's ridley turtle adults reach a maximum of 75 cm (30 in) in carapace length and weighing a maximum of 50 kg (110 lb). [13] The adult's oval carapace is almost as wide as it is long and is usually olive-gray in color.
An aquarium in South Africa is stretched beyond capacity after more than 500 baby sea turtles were washed up on beaches by a rare and powerful storm and rescued by members of the public. Most of ...
Fifty-two endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtles suffering from “cold stun” are rehabbing at four facilities in Florida after a flight on a private jet from the New England Aquarium in ...
The hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) is a critically endangered sea turtle belonging to the family Cheloniidae. It is the only extant species in the genus Eretmochelys . The species has a global distribution that is largely limited to tropical and subtropical marine and estuary ecosystems.