http://www.sea-turtles.net/articles Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:35:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Turtle researchers are not working alone to save turtles. There are many non profit environmental groups working to protect these animals, and most of them are just a mouse click away. The Caribbean Conservation Corporation and Sea Turtle Survival League is one of the best sea turtle organizations in the ... http://www.sea-turtles.net/articles/you-can-adopt-a-turtle.html In most Folklore Turtles are seen in a positive way. They are sometimes seen to be protectors of people and are often linked to stories about the creation of the world. Many North American Aboriginal peoples explain the beginning of the world with stories involving a turtle. Some even call ... http://www.sea-turtles.net/articles/turtle-folklore.html The Olive Ridley Sea Turtle is about the same size as the Kemps ridley. It is the most abundant Seas turtle and ranges over the tropical Pacific, Indian, and Atlantic oceans. That does not meant that they are not in danger; there is still a serious and quick decline in ... http://www.sea-turtles.net/articles/the-olive-ridley.html This is the most common species of nesting turtles on Florida beaches. Florida alone has close to 90 percent of the nesting’s in the U.S. Loggerheads also nest farther up north than any other turtle species, there was even a record of a loggerhead nesting as far out as Ocean ... http://www.sea-turtles.net/articles/the-loggerhead-sea-turtle.html Now, you may probably have already guessed where this turtle got its name from. Well, it refers to the flatness of the turtle’s upper shell (carapace). The locals do not call it the flatback turtle, but instead Kikila. Flatback sea turtles are larger than the two Ridley turtles, although they ... http://www.sea-turtles.net/articles/the-flatback-turtle.html