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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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an imagined illustration of an ancient sea turtle ancestor
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An Ancient Turtle

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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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The head of a turtle-headed sea snake.
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A Turtle or a Sea Snake?

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Adult green sea turtles spend most of their time grazing in seagrass meadows.
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Green Turtle in Seagrass

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

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A Galapagos tortoise munches on some greens.
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Galapagos Tortoise

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Sunset over a fishing net.
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Technology and Sea Turtles

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The Papahanaumokuakea site in the United States was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2010. The site is a vast isolated cluster of small low-lying islands and atolls surrounded by ocean that provides safe habitat for endangered species like the green
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Papahanaumokuakea, United States

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Hawaiian monk seals are among the wildlife found within the Papahānaumokuākea World Heritage Site.
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Backbone of Biodiversity at Risk

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Green turtles (Chelonia mydas) live in the warm coastal waters of tropical and subtropical oceans. Adults sometimes eat sponges, salps (floating jelly-like animals), and jellyfish, but they feed mostly on plants, like seagrass and algae. The pigment f
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Meet the Seven Sea Turtle Species

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