History of Sea Turtles Sea Turtles Then and Now Posted May 2017 Historically, Sea Turtles enjoyed a prolific, unmolested, life, roaming the oceans of the world. During the 1940’s, especially after the World Wars, populations and industries grew at a phenomenal rate. The single largest blow to their numbers came from the worldwide increase in...
Not Tortoises! Sea Turtles! Posted May 2017 Both tortoises and turtles are reptiles. The cliché, ‘Older than the hills’ is an accurate description of their antiquity; turtles and tortoises are two of Costa Rica’s earliest settlers. They belong to one of two families, either Testudine or Chelonia family, and have inched their way across the globe for over 157...