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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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a sea turtle digs a nest near houses
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Nesting in the Neighborhood

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a hawksbill sea turtle swimming
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Hawksbill Sea Turtle

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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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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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“I slowly approached this bird resting on the back of a turtle just under the surface of the water. I got the shot just before the tern flew away.” -- Nature's Best photographer, Nuno Sá.Equipment Used to Capture the Shot: Canon EOS 20D; 70-200mm lens
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Tern and Loggerhead Sea Turtle, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal

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A young Kemp's ridley sea turtle in recovery.
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Kemp’s ridley sea turtle recovers from oil

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