With diamond-patterned shells and speckled skin, these stunning turtles are a keystone species in the salt marshes and mangroves where they live ... from coastal development destroying their habitat ...
It is named not for the color of its shell, which is normally brown or olive depending on its habitat, but for the greenish color of its skin. There are two types of green turtles—scientists are ...
One such project to protect leatherback and hawksbill turtles in Nicaragua has achieved ... The aim of the project is to reduce deforestation of mangroves habitat, create new sustainable ...