Volunteers excavating Olive Ridley Sea Turtle Hatchlings, Matapalo Beach, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica, Central Ameria


The Olive Ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) is one of the smallest species of sea turtle. It is named for the olive color of its heart-shaped shell.


Size: 5040px × 3383px
Photo credit: © Jan Csernoch / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: america, american, baby, bank, bay, beach, belt, calm, central, centro, child, coast, conservation, costa, crawl, danger, dig, distant, ecology, edge, egg, endangered, environment, environmentalism, escape, excavate, girl, glove, gray, grey, hand, harmony, hatch, hatchery, hatching, hatchling, hold, holding, hot, kid, lady, latin, lepidochelys, liberate, liberating, littoral, man, nature, newborn, ocean, olivacea, olive, overseas, pacific, peace, peaceful, placid, playa, poacher, pollution, predator, protection, quiet, remote, rica, rican, ridley, samara, sand, sea, seaside, seaturtle, shadow, shore, small, species, strip, student, survival, survive, tica, tico, tiny, tourism, tranquil, tranquility, tranquillity, travel, tropic, tropical, turtle, undisturbed, volunteer, water, waterfront, wave, white, woman