Hawksbill sea turtle swimming near Akajima, Okinawa, Japan
Hawksbill sea turtle swimming near Akajima, Okinawa, Japan (© Robert Mallon/Getty Images)
Shell-ebrating sea turtles
Happy World Sea Turtle Day! Today people around the world gather to clean beaches and learn how to help turtles and other marine life thrive. It's a simple way to help our aquatic friends like this hawksbill sea turtle find clean waters again. The largest populations of hawksbill sea turtles are found in the Caribbean, Indian, and Indo-Pacific Oceans.
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