Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

Keyword: Sea turtle

Photo: A loggerhead sea turtle hatchling heading out to sea towards a full moon, Sea Island, Georgia.

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A loggerhead sea turtle hatchling heading out to sea towards a full moon, Sea Island, Georgia.

Photo: A dead Kemp's Ridley sea turtle lies covered in orange paint to signal biologists that it has been dead for awhile, and has been noted.

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A dead Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle lies covered in orange paint to signal biologists that it has been dead for awhile, and has been noted.

An endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered Eastern Pacific green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas).

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An endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered Eastern Pacific green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas).

An endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered Eastern Pacific green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas).

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An endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered Eastern Pacific green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas).

An endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered Eastern Pacific green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas).

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An endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered Eastern Pacific green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas).

An endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered Eastern Pacific green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas).

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An endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered Eastern Pacific green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas).

Photo: A leatherback sea turtle hatchling crawls toward the ocean.

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A leatherback sea turtle hatchling crawls toward the ocean.

A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) around 'Kicker Rocks' on the edge of San Cristobal Island. (IUCN: Endangered; US: Endangered)

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A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) around ‘Kicker Rocks’ on the edge of San Cristobal Island. (IUCN: Endangered; US: Endangered)

An endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) around 'Kicker Rocks' on the edge of San Cristobal Island.

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An endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) around ‘Kicker Rocks’ on the edge of San Cristobal Island.

A man shoots an underwater picture of a green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) around 'Kicker Rocks' on the edge of San Cristobal Island. (IUCN: Endangered; US: Endangered)

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A man shoots an underwater picture of a green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) around ‘Kicker Rocks’ on the edge of San Cristobal Island. (IUCN: Endangered; US: Endangered)

An endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) around 'Kicker Rocks' on the edge of San Cristobal Island.

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An endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) around ‘Kicker Rocks’ on the edge of San Cristobal Island.

An endangered, (IUCN) and federally endangered green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) around 'Kicker Rocks' on the edge of San Cristobal Island.

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An endangered, (IUCN) and federally endangered green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) around ‘Kicker Rocks’ on the edge of San Cristobal Island.

A man shoots an underwater picture of a green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) around 'Kicker Rocks' on the edge of San Cristobal Island. (IUCN: Endangered; US: Endangered)

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A man shoots an underwater picture of a green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) around ‘Kicker Rocks’ on the edge of San Cristobal Island. (IUCN: Endangered; US: Endangered)

A man shoots an underwater picture of a green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) around 'Kicker Rocks' on the edge of San Cristobal Island. (IUCN: Endangered; US: Endangered)

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A man shoots an underwater picture of a green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) around ‘Kicker Rocks’ on the edge of San Cristobal Island. (IUCN: Endangered; US: Endangered)

A man shoots an underwater picture of a green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) around 'Kicker Rocks' on the edge of San Cristobal Island. (IUCN: Endangered; US: Endangered)

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A man shoots an underwater picture of a green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) around ‘Kicker Rocks’ on the edge of San Cristobal Island. (IUCN: Endangered; US: Endangered)

A man shoots an underwater picture of a green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) around 'Kicker Rocks' on the edge of San Cristobal Island. (IUCN: Endangered; US: Endangered)

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A man shoots an underwater picture of a green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) around ‘Kicker Rocks’ on the edge of San Cristobal Island. (IUCN: Endangered; US: Endangered)

Photo: A sea turtle that was rescued from the deep water horizon oil spill being rehabilitated at the Audubon Nature Institute in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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A sea turtle that was rescued from the deep water horizon oil spill being rehabilitated at the Audubon Nature Institute in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Photo: A sea turtle that was rescued from the deep water horizon oil spill being rehabilitated at the Audubon Nature Institute in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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A sea turtle that was rescued from the deep water horizon oil spill being rehabilitated at the Audubon Nature Institute in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Photo: A sea turtle that was rescued from the deep water horizon oil spill are being rehabilitated at the Audubon Nature Institute in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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A sea turtle that was rescued from the deep water horizon oil spill are being rehabilitated at the Audubon Nature Institute in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Photo: A sea turtle that was rescued from the deep water horizon oil spill are being rehabilitated at the Audubon Nature Institute in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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A sea turtle that was rescued from the deep water horizon oil spill are being rehabilitated at the Audubon Nature Institute in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Photo: Sea turtles that were rescued from the deep water horizon oil spill being rehabilitated at the Audubon Nature Institute in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Sea turtles that were rescued from the deep water horizon oil spill being rehabilitated at the Audubon Nature Institute in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Photo: Portrait of a dead sea turtle, covered in oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

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Portrait of a dead sea turtle, covered in oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

A media event which allowed the press to film three critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys kempii) which have been brought into the Audubon Nature Institute near New Orleans, Louisiana, after exposure to oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill.

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A media event which allowed the press to film three critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys kempii) which have been brought into the Audubon Nature Institute near New Orleans, Louisiana, after exposure to oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill.

Photo: A dead sea turtle floating in an oil slick from the Deepwater Horizon spill, in Barataria Bay, Louisiana.

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A dead sea turtle floating in an oil slick from the Deepwater Horizon spill, in Barataria Bay, Louisiana.

Photo: An annual sea turtle release is conducted among the tourists of Xcaret resort in Cancun, Mexico.

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An annual sea turtle release is conducted among the tourists of Xcaret resort in Cancun, Mexico.

Photo: An annual sea turtle release is conducted among the tourists of Xcaret resort in Cancun, Mexico.

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An annual sea turtle release is conducted among the tourists of Xcaret resort in Cancun, Mexico.

Photo: An annual sea turtle release is conducted among the tourists of Xcaret resort in Cancun, Mexico.

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An annual sea turtle release is conducted among the tourists of Xcaret resort in Cancun, Mexico.

Photo: An annual sea turtle release is conducted among the tourists of Xcaret resort in Cancun, Mexico.

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An annual sea turtle release is conducted among the tourists of Xcaret resort in Cancun, Mexico.

Photo: An annual sea turtle release is conducted among the tourists of Xcaret resort in Cancun, Mexico.

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An annual sea turtle release is conducted among the tourists of Xcaret resort in Cancun, Mexico.

Photo: An annual sea turtle release is conducted among the tourists of Xcaret resort in Cancun, Mexico.

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An annual sea turtle release is conducted among the tourists of Xcaret resort in Cancun, Mexico.

A half-day-old hatchling leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea). (IUCN: Critically Endangered, US: Endangered)

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A half-day-old hatchling leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea). (IUCN: Critically Endangered, US: Endangered)

A turtle researcher holds a half-day-old hatchling leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea). (IUCN: Critically Endangered, US: Endangered)

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A turtle researcher holds a half-day-old hatchling leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea). (IUCN: Critically Endangered, US: Endangered)

Photo: A nesting leatherback sea turtle along the south coast of Bioko.

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A nesting leatherback sea turtle along the south coast of Bioko.

Photo: Researchers watch as a leatherback sea turtle nests on Bioko's coast.

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Researchers watch as a leatherback sea turtle nests on Bioko’s coast.

Photo: Researchers watch as a leatherback sea turtle nests on Bioko's coast.

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Researchers watch as a leatherback sea turtle nests on Bioko’s coast.

Photo: A nesting leatherback sea turtle along the south coast of Bioko.

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A nesting leatherback sea turtle along the south coast of Bioko.

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