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Waste Not: Protect Our Oceans Plastic pollution is a serious threat to ocean wildlife. What can you do? Bring a reusable bags when shopping. Follow: @TAPcampaign 📷 Ben Hicks

Join Us Costa Rica or Belize this summer! We have 2 great opportunities this summer to get up close with sea turtles and other wildlife while helping support conservation and coastal communities. In We hope you can join! BOOK NOW: seeturtles.org/upcoming-tours

Homes, hotels, roads, seawalls, dredging, and beach renourishment all reshape coastlines. With over half the world’s population living near coasts, these pressures are rapidly increasing. Learn more about threats to sea turtles AND how you can help ➡️ seeturtles.org/coastal-develo…

🍀 Happy St. Patrick’s Day! 🍀 Did you know the green sea turtle gets its name from the green color of its body fat? This color comes from a diet rich in seagrass and algae. These grazers help keep seagrass beds healthy, making them an important part of marine ecosystems.

The leatherback sea turtle doesn’t have teeth—but it does have a mouth full of backward-facing spines called papillae. 😮 These soft, flexible spikes line their throat and help them swallow slippery prey like jellyfish. 📸 Photo: Mdomingoa

Meet our Partner: Fundación Tortugas del Mar Their mission: Contribute to the understanding, recovery and conservation of sea turtle populations and their associated ecosystems in the Caribbean and Pacific of Columbia.

🐢🔍 Can you guess what this is? Drop your guesses in the comments ⬇️ Is it: * Something a sea turtle left behind? * Just something from the beach? * A part of a sea turtle? Take your best guess before we reveal the answer tomorrow.

Hawksbills are named for their beak-like mouth, which resembles a hawk's and is perfectly adapted for reaching food in tight cracks and crevices. Have you heard about the Too Rare to Wear program with SEE Turtles? Check it out: seeturtles.org/too-rare-to-we…

Five Reasons Sea Turtles Are Really Important! Turtles help control their prey. Nesting helps beaches. Hatchlings are an important source of food. They are important for coastal economies and native communities. & more. Learn more ➡ seeturtles.org/why-are-sea-tu…

One fish, two fish, red fish, BLUE fish love sea turtles! This school of blue and black striped fish are checking out this awesome loggerhead sea turtle. Photo: Nuno Vasco Rodrigues #seaturtle #TurtleTuesday #loggerhead #fish #bluefish

Join us for a conservation tour and dive into one of the ocean’s most incredible wildlife hotspots — the Belize Barrier Reef! 🐬🐢 Learn more & reserve your spot: seeturtles.org/belize-wildlif…

Turtle Rescue in Tortuguero! A juvenile green turtle, estimated to be one-year old, was found struggling offshore by local fishermenand delivered to staff at Sea Turtle Conservancy Tortuguero (Costa Rica). The small turtle was in critical condition, covered in oil, with breathing issues and limited movement. STC staff carefully cleaned the turtle and managed to improve its general condition. After being cleaned, the turtle was placed in a small tank with food, where its condition stabilized overnight until it was ready for release! Thanks to our hard-working staff and members of the community for saving this endangered turtle ❤️‍🩹 Photo and video credit: Daniel Bolom

Meet one of a sea turtle’s favorite foods: seagrass! Seagrass is a true flowering plant that grows underwater in shallow coastal habitats. These meadows are important feeding grounds for green sea turtles and provide shelter for countless marine species.

🎣 Bycatch is one of the biggest threats to sea turtles. ~40% of animals caught in fisheries are discarded — often dead or injured. Reducing bycatch saves lives. Learn more ➡️ seeturtles.org/fisheries-byca… #Bycatch #SeaTurtles #OceanConservation

South Carolina lawmakers consider statewide ban on intentional helium balloon releases abcnews4.com/news/local/sou…

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: World Conference on Marine Biodiversity 2026 in Belgium (17th - 20th November) 10 full package participation grants, each worth 2.500 EUR, are available for Early Career Ocean Professionals (ECOPs) from the Global South, enrolled in a BSc-, MSc-, or PhD-programme or in a junior postdoctoral trajectory in marine science, and younger than 35. The 10 grants will be divided in the following categories: - 4 grants will be awarded to ECOPs from the Global South of whom the supervisor is known within the network of the WCMB scientific committee, - 4 grants will be awarded to ECOPs active at institutes related to VLIZ by its international collaborations, and - 2 grants will be awarded to WoRMS editors from the Global South. The selection will be made based on the motivation letter, presence of the letter of consent and active participation because of an accepted abstract which allows you to give an oral or a poster presentation. Deadline for applications is 17th March 2026 Learn more here: wcmb2026.org/participation-… #marinebiodiversity #funding #conference #coralreefs #marinescience #marineconservation #conservation #marineecology #marinebiology

Every week, I'll (try) do a 'Talk to Me About' post on marine science topics. What do you want to know? This week, we are discussing the USA leaving science behind. Here is a sneak peek... Any questions over this topic? Head on over to IG, FB, or Threads to discuss!

What’s in a name? 🐢 Eretmochelys imbricata literally describes the hawksbill sea turtle: • Eretmochelys = “oar-paddled turtle” (powerful flippers) • Imbricata = overlapping shell scutes 📷 EcoMar 👉 seeturtles.org/too-rare-to-we…

Once sea turtle hatchlings leave the nest, they often disappear from view—sometimes for years—until they return to coastal waters as juveniles. Loggerheads born on the U.S. East Coast have been tracked far out into the Atlantic, to a region known as the Sargasso Sea.

Happy World Wildlife Day 🌎🐢 Sea turtles face plastic pollution, habitat loss, climate change, and illegal hunting. Help support the people doing the real work. Every donation funds patrols, nest monitoring, and conservation efforts. Donate here 👇 seeturtles.org/ways-to-give