overall size of turtle; how recent (or old) the injuries are; presence of infection or contamination of wounds; presence of algae (usually commensal) on the shell; concurrent head, neck ...

Algae must be removed from near the ... through the pelvic girdle of an eastern long-necked turtle (Chelodina longicollis). Missing shell fragments. Missing shell fragments are not necessarily ...

Using satellite trackers, scientists have discovered the whereabouts of young sea turtles during a key part of their lives.

For over a decade, Mansfield and colleagues attached GPS tags to the fast-growing shells of young wild turtles. Steering small boats, they looked for young turtles drifting among algae in the Gulf of ...

The olive ridley turtle is named for the generally greenish color of its skin and shell, or carapace ... They will occasionally eat algae and seaweed as well. Hatchlings, most of which perish ...