A newly-hatched Olive Ridley Sea Turtle struggles to reach the ocean by a beach-front development in Mazatlan, Mexico. Development of the nesting bea


A newly-hatched Olive Ridley Sea Turtle struggles to reach the ocean by a beach-front development in Mazatlan, Mexico. Development of the nesting beaches and destruction of their nesting habitat is a major cause of declining numbers of these sea turtles.


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Photo credit: © Jon G. Fuller/VWPics / Alamy / Afripics
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