Our team will conduct studies on the behavior, physiology and migration patterns of the leatherback turtles on the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica. We will help tag and identify turtles, record nest locations and help determine hatchling success. Researchers and scientists have been working with these turtles in for the past 17 years in attempt to understand the impact of human activities and pollution. This work has led to the establishment of a National Park and a Marine Biology field station.

Monday, January 14, 2008

Fun Fact!
Did you know that the leatherback sea turtle is the only sea turtle species that does not have a hard shell!
Feel free to share any fun facts that you might know about leatherbacks!

posted by Jennifer Seshadri @ 11:20 AM

1 Comments:

At January 14, 2008 12:22 PM , Anonymous Class V said...

Oh, that's interesting, why don't they have shells?

 

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