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
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International Tiger Day
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Remembering the Velvet Revolution
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Honoring the fallen
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The Bahamas as seen from the ISS
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Panda Day
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Art and soul
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Commemorating peace in Antarctica
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The scene of a literary crime
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Celebrate Mandela Day
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A midsummer twilight s dream
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In the Himalayas for International Mountain Day
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The Big Blue of the Sierra
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A horse of many colors
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Polar bears
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Just a couple of yellow-billed hornbills
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Maritime forest on Cumberland Island, Georgia
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Ponta Delgada
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Pretty poetic for a pit
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Tiny fliers head south
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In search of roadside attractions on ‘America’s Highway’
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The Colosseum of Rome, Italy
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Celebrating a Paris landmark
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The Girl Scouts celebrate 110 years
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The Aomori Nebuta Festival parade, Japan
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In celebration of cats
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World Book Day
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Johnston Canyon in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada
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Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka
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Birds of a feather flocking together
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It s fair season