Sea Turtles

Sea Turtles Links

• Help Endangered Animals - Ridley Turtles Organized in 1982 to save the Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys kempi) from extinction by educating the public and supporting conservation laws that protect sea turtles.
  
• Loggerhead Sea Turtle Tracking Site Tracks the movements of a turtle tagged at the Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge in Virginia.
  
• Greentrack Satellite tracking of a Green Sea Turtle in the Mediterranean.
  
• Green Sea Turtles Detailed information on the biology, natural history, and factors affecting the population of Green Sea Turtles.
  
• EuroTurtle Conservation and education about sea turtles in the Mediterranean. Species accounts, identification keys, biology, and photo gallery.
  
• St. Catherines Sea Turtle Conservation Program Conservation of sea turtles nesting on the Georgia Coast.
  
• Mediterranean Association to Save the Sea Turtles Aims to conserve and protect the remaining Mediterranean Sea Turtle populations and their ecosystems through scientific research programs, education, political liaison, publicity, and fund-raising.
  
• Sea Turtle Inc. Education, research, and rehabilitation center in South Padre Island, Texas.
  
• Marinelife Center of Juno Beach Non-profit education and conservation facility dedicated to the conservation and preservation of our marine environment through education, research, and rehabilitation. Located in Palm Beach County, Florida.
  
• Apolakia 2000 Photos of a holiday in August 2000 helping with Loggerhead Turtle research in Rhodes.
  
• Carribean Conservation Corporation/Sea Turtle Survival League Dedicated to the conservation of sea turtles and related marine and coastal wildlife through research, training, advocacy, education, and the protection of natural areas.
  
• Kiawah Turtles Loggerhead Turtles photos and conservation in Kiawah Island, South Carolina, USA.
  
• Sea Turtle Postage Stamps of the World A list of all known sea turtle stamps, including many images.
  
• Students' Sea Turtle Conservation Network Non-profit organization involved in conservation and awareness about the Olive Ridley Sea Turtle on the Chennai coast, India.
  
• Hanaii Prepatory Academy's Sea Turtle Research Program Research programs and information about sea turtles in Hawaii.
  
• Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research Conducts research in all aspects of the biology of sea turtles, trains graduate students, and furthers sea turtle conservation through the communication of these research results to the scientific community, management agencies, and conservation organizations throughout the world.
  
• Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece Conservation and education projects.
  
• Turtle Trax Turtle Trax is dedicated to the wonder and beauty of sea turtles, showing people why sea turtles are threatened throughout the world.
  
• Beaches Sea Turtle Patrol Information on sea turtles in Florida and how to help them during nesting periods.
  
• NOAA Websites - Sea Turtles Index of US government sea turtle web sites.
  
• Sea Turtles and Lights Highlights the problem of lights interfering with nesting sea turles in southern Florida.
  
• ASUPMATOMA Sea turtle protection group in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Group sponsors eco-tours, operates a turtle nursery, and is developing a tracking and monitoring system.
  
• Sea Turtle Preservation Society Group concerned with the fate of the sea turtles that nest on Florida beaches. Newsletter and photos.
  
• Seaturtle.org Sea turtle information resource, home of the Marine Turtle Newsletter and Noticiero de Tortugas Marinas.
  
• Broward County Sea Turtle Conservation Program South Florida information about sea turtles, their nesting habits, and what to do to help them.
  
• Marnix Hoekstra's Turtle Pages Photo gallery of four summers working with the Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece (Archelon) and other turtle stuff.
  
• Galveston Laboratory - Sea Turtles Photos and notes on turtle research at the National Marine Fisheries Service Galveston Laboratory.
  
• New York State Sea Turtle Program Information and research on Loggerhead, Green, Kemp's Ridley, and Leatherback sea turtles.
  
• Florida Wildlife: Sea Turtles Notes on observing sea turtles in Florida.
  
• Tortuguero's Turtles and Costa Rica's Tropical Rainforest Smithsonian photographer Laurie Minor-Penland describes her trip to photograph nesting endangered Green Sea Turtles and the nearby tropical rainforest.
  
• Naples/Colliers News Conservationists welcome a good crop of baby sea turtles. Beach residents helping out in turtle conservation efforts.
  
• Sea Turtle Research Unit Sea turtle research, conservation, and education activities in Terengganu, Malaysia.
  
• Eglin AFB Fact Sheets: Sea Turtles in the Gulf Ecosystem facts and how the Air Force is protecting sea turtles near Elgin Air Force Base in Florida.
  
• Turtle Time South Florida conservation group for Loggerhead Sea Turtles.
  
• World Wide Fund for Nature - Sea Turtles Overview of marine turtle conservation.
  
• Sea Turtles Physical characteristics, nesting habits, behavior, diet, and natural history of sea turtle. From the Seaworld Education site.