Make way for the green sea turtle, which you’ll find—if you’re lucky—swimming in tropical and subtropical coastal waters around the world. You’ll notice that despite its name, the green sea turtle’s shell is not green at all. The name comes from the color of its fat, which takes on a greenish hue after the adult turtle starts eating seagrass and algae. Unfortunately, like many other sea turtle species, the green sea turtle is endangered and its population shrinking due to hunting, boat-propeller accidents, plastic pollution, and loss of nesting grounds.
Come out of your shell for World Turtle Day
Today in History
More Desktop Wallpapers:
-
Autumn in the cypress swamp
-
Autumn’s swan song
-
Castle Day in Japan
-
Constitution Day and Citizenship Day
-
National Take a Hike Day
-
Presidents Day
-
Splashes of color for Watercolor Month
-
Happy Pi Day!
-
J.R.R. Tolkien Day
-
Earth Day
-
Guanahacabibes National Park, Cuba
-
Black bear cub emerging into spring
-
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
-
A whale of a hug
-
Smoking nights in Austria
-
The Children’s Cultural Festival in Reykjavik begins today
-
Quilts as high art
-
The Sky Over Nine Columns in Venice, Italy
-
By the light of the fireflies
-
An uncommonly cool critter
-
Avatar Mountains, Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, China
-
Finding a balance between wetlands and water treatment
-
A memorial in Germany
-
Celebrating 200 years of statehood
-
A yearly sign that spring has sprung
-
Mandarin duck, Richmond Park, London, England
-
Strolling across the Red Lagoon
-
Spreadsheet Day
-
Let’s talk fossils
-
Corfe gets creepy