Turtle Trax is dedicated to the wonder and beauty of sea turtles, showing people why sea turtles are threatened throughout the world. By telling the story of one group of green sea turtles, the Honokowai group of Maui, Turtle Trax focuses on a particularly gruesome threat to the green sea turtle, fibropapilloma tumors. Turtle Trax features numerous photos of marine turtles in their natural ...

Tracked by Satellite Loggerhead Sea Turtle Migration Updates will be posted on: Wednesdays Background Information Migration Data Tables Tracked by Satellite Tracked by Field Observers Journey North News Loggerhead Sea Turtle Migration Updates Loggerhead Turtle Migration Update: February 7, 1996 Loggerhead Turtle Migration Update: February 14, 1996 Loggerhead Sea Turtle February 21, 1996 ...

California turtle and tortoise club's comprehensive guide to the care of the desert tortoise.

The Matamata | by David T. Kirkpatrick, Ph.D | This article copyright 1992 by David T. Kirkpatrick. Originally published in Reptile & Amphibian Magazine, September/October, 1992, pages 34-39. Reprinting of this article for non-profit purposes is permitted provided that it is unaltered and appropriate attribution, including copyright information, is included. Please notify the author of any reprinting.

LEATHERBACK SEA TURTLE Global Oceans Unknown Once a male leatherback sea turtle struggles from its egg and makes its way to the sea as a 4-inch (10 cm) hatchling, it may never again return to land during its 80-year lifetime. Although they are air-breathing animals born on land, leatherbacks, like all sea turtles, spend their lives in the ocean. Females return to land only to lay their eggs.

An Overview of the Map Turtles of the United States | by David T. Kirkpatrick, Ph.D | This article copyright 1993 by David T. Kirkpatrick. Originally published in Reptile & Amphibian Magazine, November/December 1993, pages 6 - 17. Reprinting of this article for non-profit purposes is permitted provided that it is unaltered and appropriate attribution, including copyright information, is included. Please notify the author of any reprinting.

North American Soft-Shell Turtles, Apalone | by C. Dee Dillon | Distribution | Physical Description | Wild Habits & Food | Captive Husbandry | Bibliography

Orientation and Navigation of Sea Turtles The long-distance migrations of sea turtles involve some of the most remarkable feats of orientation and navigation in the animal kingdom. As hatchlings, turtles that have never before been in the ocean are able to establish unerring courses towards the open sea and then maintain their headings after swimming beyond sight of land. Juvenile turtles follow ...