Their ridged back also distinguishes them from other sea turtle species. These ridges improve their hydrodynamics, making ...

It is named not for the color of its shell ... Weighing up to 700 pounds green turtles are among the largest sea turtles in the world. Their proportionally small head, which is nonretractable ...

The olive ridley turtle is named for the generally greenish color of its skin and shell ... Olive and Kemp’s ridleys are the smallest of the sea turtles, weighing up to 100 pounds and reaching ...

The group not only spotted the turtle, whose species hasn’t been seen in Monterey Bay since 2013, but also 14 humpback whales ...