The shell of an adult hawksbill sea turtle consists of about a dozen overlapping scales colored with streaks of gold, brown, orange, and red. Hawksbills have long been hunted for their shells—the ...

Katherine Gallagher is a writer and sustainability expert. She holds a B.A. in English Literature from Chapman University and a Sustainable Tourism certificate from the GSTC. Globally distributed ...

Yes, this sea turtle is glowing neon green and red. No, it's not radioactive. The critically endangered hawksbill sea turtle is the first reptile scientists have seen exhibiting biofluorescence—the ...

Costa Rican marine biologist Ariana Oporta-McCarthy grew up close to where a critically-endangered turtle nests: now she's helping to save it. Over the last 200 years, the Hawksbill turtle ...

eneath the calm turquoise waters surrounding the island lies a vibrant marine world - corals blooming with life, colourful reef fish darting through the currents, and sea turtles gliding gracefully in ...

Mark Hamann receives funding from the National Environmental Research Program and has previously received funding from the ARC, industry, and government. He is Co-vice Chair of the IUCN Marine Turtles ...

THE leatherback season is nearing its end, as the last of the hatchlings will surface come the end of August. Of our five visiting species of marine turtles, the hawksbill is regarded as the furtive ...

Divers from the Labuan Diving Club have recorded frequent sightings of juvenile and adult hawksbill turtles in the Labuan Marine Park. Turtle populations further strengthens Labuan’s image as a ...