Sea Turtle Facts

Swimming Turtle | National Geographic

It's World Turtle Day, so let's join the Smithsonian's Turtle Conservation Ecology Lab on a wood turtle survey! 🐢 Wood turtles are a beautiful North American species with bright orange scales yellow plastrons (bellies). Unfortunately, these colorations make them prime targets for the poachers, who take them for the illegal pet trade. The combination of poaching and habitat loss is taking a toll on wild populations of wood turtles, making them threatened or endangered across their range. 🏞️ If

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These green sea turtles and tang... - National Geographic