The green turtle is a large, weighty sea turtle with a wide, smooth carapace, or shell. It inhabits tropical ... normally on sandy beaches. Mating occurs every two to four years and normally ...

A 1-square-meter plastic sheet was found inside a dead leatherback sea turtle on a beach in ... 3 and 4 as its shell measured about 1 meter. Adult leatherbacks can grow as large as nearly 2 ...

Unlike most turtles, whose shells are made of expanded and fused ... Females likely migrated hundreds of miles to lay eggs on sandy beaches, much like sea turtles do today. Movement onshore ...