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A juvenile Kemp's ridley sea turtle emerges from the nest
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Kemp's Ridley Hatchling

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a diagram of heat flow in a turtle's flipper
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Counter-current Heat Exchange

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A spectacled caiman patrols a salty pond at a Smithsonian research station in Panama.
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Spectacled Caiman

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A juvenile Kemp's ridley sea turtle emerges from the nest
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Taking the Temperature of the Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle

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Hawaiian monk seals are among the wildlife found within the Papahānaumokuākea World Heritage Site.
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Struggling to Survive, But with a Chance to Thrive

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A Turtle Excluder Device (TED) enables a loggerhead turtle to escape from a net.
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Loggerhead Escapes from Fishing Net

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Colorful fishes throng a reef in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
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Bizarre and Beautiful Coral Reef Animals

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An abandoned fishing net carrying 17 dead sea turtles was discovered off the coast of Bahia, Brazil days after a storm.
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Turtles Caught in Abandoned Net

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A marine iguana looks off in the distance.
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Marine Iguanas: One Species at a Time

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Every year, at the same place and time, thousands of female Kemp's ridley sea turtles come ashore to nest and lay their eggs on the beach. This mass nesting event is known as an arribada, meaning “arrival by sea” in Spanish.
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Kemp's Ridley Nesting "Arribada"

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A Galapagos tortoise munches on some greens.
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Galapagos Tortoise

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A newly hatched leatherback turtle moves in the sand.
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Habitat for Leatherback Turtles

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