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Nearly all species of sea turtle are classified as Endangered. Slaughtered for their eggs, meat, skin, and shells, sea turtles suffer from poaching and over-exploitation. They also face habitat destruction and accidental capture in fishing gear. Climate change has an impact on turtle nesting sites.
The IUCN Red List classifies three species of sea turtle as either "endangered" or "critically endangered". [109] An additional three species are classified as "vulnerable". [109] The flatback sea turtle is considered as "data deficient", meaning that its conservation status is unclear due to lack of data. [109]
The hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) is a critically endangered sea turtle belonging to the family Cheloniidae. It is the only extant species in the genus Eretmochelys . The species has a global distribution that is largely limited to tropical and subtropical marine and estuary ecosystems.
“With Coral being a Kemp’s ridley sea turtle — the most endangered sea turtle species worldwide — this sighting is an amazing success story for sea turtle conservation,’’ said Melissa ...
A Kemp's ridley hatchling, an endangered species of sea turtle, reaches the surf at Padre Island National Seashore during a public release on June 28, 2024, in Corpus Christi, Texas.
The list classifies six species of sea turtle as "threatened", two of them as "critically endangered", one as "endangered" and three as "vulnerable". The flatback sea turtle is classified as "data deficient" which means that there is insufficient information available for a proper assessment of conservation status. [1]
Five of the world’s seven sea turtle species live on Mexico’s gulf coast — and they are all threatened or endangered. One of these species, Kemp’s ridley sea turtle, lives primarily on ...
Kemp's ridley is the smallest of all sea turtle species, reaching maturity at 58–70 cm (23–28 in) carapace length and weighing only 36–45 kg (79–99 lb). [ 13] Typical of sea turtles, it has a dorsoventrally depressed body with specially adapted flipper-like front limbs and a beak. Kemp's ridley turtle adults reach a maximum of 75 cm (30 ...