What Do Sea Turtles Eat? Sea turtle diets vary widely based on the species. The typical sea turtle that comes to mind is the green sea turtle. Green sea turtles eat mostly algae and seagrasses, which ...

Mac Poepoe grew up diving in the waters off Molokai to spear honu — Hawaii’s distinct species of green sea turtle — that ...

'We currently spend a lot of effort protecting the babies, but not the place where they spend most of their time: the seagrass meadows.' By Laura Baisas Published Jul 17, 2023 3:00 PM EDT Get the ...

'All I had to do was dig in some boxes,' De Kock says. By analysing the bones, De Kock was able to distinguish two species within the collection of bones: the green sea turtle and the loggerhead ...

There's new momentum to revive eating green sea turtles in Hawaii, a practice with a long cultural history for Native ...

Snapping turtles are opportunistic omnivores that will eat almost anything in the pond. While they prefer meat, including worms, snails, fish, birds, small mammals, other turtles, and frogs, 30 ...

Sea turtles get battered by boats, caught in fishing nets, choked by trash. Climate change is threatening their habitat, ...

There are many threats to sea turtles, but most of them come from humans. Dangers may range from getting entangled in fishing gear to losing their habitats from beach erosion and human development.

For approximately 3,000 years, generations of green sea turtles have returned to the same seagrass meadows to eat. This was discovered by Willemien de Kock, a historical ecologist at the University of ...