The Flatback Sea Turtle

This article was originally published on Critter Science.

The flatback sea turtle, aka Australian flatback sea turtle, is the only sea turtle listed as Data Deficient by the IUCN. These turtles hail from northern Australia, Papua New Guinea, and Indonesia. They face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of residential and commercial developments; over-collection […]

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