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Unlike the other six species of marine turtle, the Australian flatback (Natator depressus) has a very limited distribution, found only from northern Australia to Papua New Guinea/Indonesia and it only breeds in Australia. Flatback turtles tend to spend mos
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Flatback Sea Turtle

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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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Green Turtle

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Olive ridley turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) are the smallest marine turtle, living in warm waters close to shore as adults. Female olive ridleys take part in mass nestings that can involve 150,000 individual turtles crawling up a beach at night to find a
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Olive Ridley Turtle

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Leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) are the largest sea turtles, growing as long as six and a half feet (2 m) and weighing some 2,000 pounds (900 kg). They’re unlike the other marine turtles in two important ways: they have a thick leathery carapa
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Leatherback Turtle

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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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A hawksbill turtle in the waters of the Seychelles.
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Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles

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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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A crocodile sits in water at Sundarbans National Park in India.
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Sundarbans National Park, India

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Loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) are named for their large heads and strong jaws, which allow them to eat prey with hard shells, like big marine snails. They live throughout the world’s warm tropical and subtropical oceans. They live off-shore when t
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Loggerhead Turtle

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a sea turtle swims toward the surface
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Sea Turtle Goes Up for Air

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A light brown gecko with medium brown markings, standing on a dead and weathered tree trunk.
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Island Leaf-Toed Gecko

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Sea Turtle
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Green Sea Turtle

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