The green turtle is a large, weighty sea turtle with a wide, smooth carapace, or shell. It inhabits tropical and subtropical coastal waters around the world and has been observed clambering onto ...

Destined to break down and return its material to the earth, sunken wood offers a unique habitat to some tiny creatures ... thin and translucent shell, Voight wrote. Its name comes from ...

While all other sea turtles have hard, bony shells, the inky-blue carapace of the leatherback is somewhat flexible and almost rubbery to the touch. Ridges along the carapace help give it a more ...

Stinging cells, produced by cnidarians such as jellyfish and anemones, are one of ocean creatures' most effective ... Nudibranchs, commonly known as sea slugs, are a group of shell-less marine ...

Onlookers spotted a ‘rare’ sea creature off the coast of ... the world’s smallest sea turtles, get their name from their olive color and heart-shaped shell, according to the National Oceanic ...