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  • a leatherback turtle hatchling crawls through the sand

    Habitat for Leatherback Turtles

    Endangered Pacific leatherback sea turtles now have nearly 42,000 square miles of Pacific Ocean to call their own. Thanks to a decision in January 2012 by the National Marine Fisheries Service, these magnificent reptiles will now be safeguarded off the U.S. West Coast.

  • A photo of baby sea turtles on a beach in Jalisco, Mexico.

    Baby Sea Turtles in Jalisco, Mexico

    These baby olive ridleys (Lepidochelys olivacea) will eventually provide a home to crustaceans, mollusks, and other epibionts. That's according to a survey of epibionts living on mature, nesting olive ridleys and green sea turtles in Jalisco, Mexico. The related study was published in the October 2011 issue of the Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. Read about the study on our blog. 

  • <p>Amanda Feuerstein with a nesting olive ridley (<em><strong><a href="http://eol.org/pages/1056177/overview">Lepidochelys olivacea</a></strong></em>). Feuerstein is a co-author of a study that surveyed algae, crustaceans, mollusks, and other epibionts that live on the turtles in the Pacific Ocean.</p>

    Searching for Life -- Epibionts -- On Sea Turtles

    Amanda Feuerstein with a nesting olive ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea). Feuerstein is a co-author of a study that surveyed algae, crustaceans, mollusks, and other epibionts that live on olive ridley and green sea turtles in the Pacific Ocean. You can read about the study on the Ocean Portal blog.

  • A composite photograph of three of the crustaceans found living on olive ridley and green turtles in the Pacific.

    Crustacean Epibionts

    In a 2011 study published in the Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History, researchers documented a number of different organisms living on olive ridley and green turtles in the Pacific. Of these "epibionts," crustaceans made up more than 40% of those observed. Some are depicted here: Planes major (A & B), Podocerus chelonophilus (C), and Balaenophilus manatorum (D).

  • Surveying Life On Sea Turtles

    “It is strange to think of a sea turtle as an ecosystem,” says Amanda Feuerstein, program coordinator and research assistant at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, “but they are…they have all of these other animals living on their skin and shells.”

  • <p>“As an underwater nature photographer, I struggled for a new way to bring back visions of fish and fauna. Soon I discovered that taking water out of the picture, rendering it invisible while it is still evident that it surrounds the subject, is a powerful vehicle for driving the viewer's full attention to the subject's character." -- <strong><a href="http://www.naturesbestphotography.com">Nature's Best</a></strong> photographer,&nbsp;Pedro Carrillo</p>

    Green Turtle, Armeñime, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

    “As an underwater nature photographer, I struggled for a new way to bring back visions of fish and fauna. Soon I discovered that taking water out of the picture, rendering it invisible while it is still evident that it surrounds the subject, is a powerful vehicle for driving the viewer's full attention to the subject's character." -- Nature's Best photographer, Pedro Carrillo

  • 2011 Student Summit on the Ocean & Coasts Webcast, Part 3

    Recorded Feb. 15, 2011, this video from the Third Student Summit on the Ocean and Coasts includes presentations that were given by delegations from the Monterey Bay Aquarium (2:30), Oregon Coast Aquarium (16:40), Texas State Aquarium (30:10), Georgia Aquarium (44:00), South Carolina Aquarium (59:00) and the Alaska SeaLife Center (68:50).

  • Students from Grady High School, part of the Georgia Aquarium Delegation, are researching the impacts of climate change on loggerhead sea turtles in the south Atlantic ocean.

    Georgia Aquarium Delegation

    What can students do to help the ocean? It turns out, a lot! These students from Georgia are among dozens from the U.S. and Mexico who are developing action plans on ocean and climate-related issues in their local communities. They’re getting advice from their teachers and experts at aquariums and marine research centers. As part of the Third Student Summit on Coastal and Ocean Issues, the students will present their plans in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 15, 2011, in a program that will be webcast live from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History.

  • Students pose in front of an aquarium tank with fish.

    South Carolina Delegation

    What can students do to help the ocean? It turns out, a lot! These South Carolina students are among dozens from across the United States and Mexico who are developing action plans on ocean and climate-related issues in their local communities. They’re getting advice from their teachers and experts at aquariums and marine research centers. As part of the Third Student Summit on Coastal and Ocean Issues, they will present their plans in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 15, 2011, in a program that will be webcast live from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History.

  • Green Sea Turtle, Armeñime, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

    Green Sea Turtle in the Canary Islands, Spain

    I have been to this location many times, but no other photo has come out like this one composed with the sun behind a turtle’s head.” -- Nature's Best photographer, Pedro Carrillo.

    See more beautiful ocean photos in our slideshow of winners from the 2010 Nature's Best Ocean Views photo contest.

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