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Marine Animals:
Dolphins & Porpoises
Manatees
Penguins
PolarBears
Seals & Sea Lions
Sharks
Turtles
Whales

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If you encounter a sea turtle, please do not interfere with it. Sea turtles face severe ongoing threats to their environment including drowning in nets, collisions with boats, harassment and hunting by man, and disturbance of their nests and eggs by man. Every individual sea turtle has an impact on the continuation of their species -- please respect them.

Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research Gainesville, FL Site whose mission is "to conduct research in all aspects of the biology of sea turtles, to train graduate students, and to further sea turtle conservation through the communication of these research results to the scientific community, management agencies, and conservation organizations throughout the world." Includes details on how to subscribe to CTURTLE, an e-mail Listserv discussion network on turtles.
Caribbean Conservation Corporation Gainesville, FL In-depth details about turtle facts, news, laws, satellite tracking (including tracking maps for individual turtles), and a Notes from the Field section updated by researchers in Tortuguero, Costa Rica. Also features a discussion board and an online store to purchase turtle merchandise.
St. Catherines Sea Turtle Conservation Program Comprehensive details of sea-turtle nesting on the Georgia coast, nesting ecology, and ideas for science teachers.
Turtle Trax Detailed site that features descriptions of various species of turtles and up-to-date articles and highlights of turtle news and conservation information.