Sea Turtles Under Threat
For more than 100 million years, sea turtles have lived in the world’s oceans. Today, however, the survival of these living witnesses to the age of the dinosaurs is threatened.
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Sea turtles have started laying eggs on crowded Spanish beaches
Several biodiversity organizations on Spain’s Mediterranean coast have discovered sea turtle egg clutches on crowded beaches from the Costa Brava to the Strait of Gibraltar.
Which sea turtles live in the Mediterranean Sea?
The Mediterranean has 46,000 km of coastline and covers 2.5 million km2 , which is less than 1% of the total ocean surface. Known as a global biodiversity hotspot, it is home to six of the seven species of sea turtles.
Sea Turtles – Our New Superheroes
There are a total of seven species of sea turtles living on the planet-head sea turtles, Atlantic ridleys and olive ridleys, green turtles, bisected sea turtles, and Australian sea turtles.