How to Use sea turtle in a Sentence

sea turtle

noun
  • Those lucky enough may catch a glimpse of a sea turtle.
    Helen Iatrou, Travel + Leisure, 16 May 2024
  • We’re connected to the sea and my totem is a sea turtle.
    Brooke Blurton, refinery29.com, 12 Dec. 2022
  • For the first time ever, the world's rarest species of sea turtle has laid eggs on a Texas beach.
    Ariana Garcia, Chron, 22 June 2022
  • There are five species of sea turtle found in the Gulf of Mexico.
    Zoe Sottile, CNN, 10 Sep. 2022
  • And nesting season isn't over yet for the green sea turtles.
    Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Using her back flippers, a sea turtle will dig a nest in the sand and lay her eggs.
    Fox News, 22 July 2022
  • The sea turtle has a thousand babies and points them all toward the ocean and hopes 10 make it.
    James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Feb. 2024
  • This area is also home to five out of the seven endangered sea turtle species in the world.
    Judy Koutsky, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2022
  • Moretti didn't move to the Keys to start a sea turtle hospital.
    Charles Graeber, Travel + Leisure, 6 Mar. 2021
  • Any contamination that goes down the storm drain can end up in the ocean full of surfers and sea turtles.
    Joshua Partlow, Scott Wilson and Dino Grandoni, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Aug. 2023
  • The painful incident left the sea turtle with a large chunk missing from her beak and a head fracture.
    Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 19 Apr. 2022
  • Ahead, sticks with bright ribbons marked two sea turtle nests.
    CBS News, 20 Aug. 2022
  • Facing outside, under the counter and in front of two stools, is a sea turtle painting.
    Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2023
  • The nesting season for leatherback sea turtles runs from March to July.
    Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 27 June 2023
  • From April to August, keep an eye out for nesting sea turtles.
    Pam Leblanc, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Bassoon stood out from the group as a sea turtle that needed extra care.
    Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 12 Apr. 2022
  • The beaches in Florida are the most important in the U.S. for sea turtle nests.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 14 May 2021
  • South Padre Island has sand dunes, sea turtles, and even surfing.
    Pam Leblanc, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Mar. 2024
  • From April through mid-July, the smallest and most endangered sea turtle in the world comes to shore along this section of the coast to lay eggs.
    Gabi De La Rosa, Chron, 6 May 2022
  • The two-headed loggerhead sea turtle was one of three live babies found in a nest.
    Alaa Elassar, CNN, 31 July 2021
  • Rarely would a sea turtle slink up behind you and catch you entirely off-guard.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 6 May 2021
  • In the ocean, a sea turtle hastily dips back below the surface after coming up for air.
    Avery Schuyler Nunn, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Their rescuers arrived and went to work keeping the sea turtle safe until it could be moved.
    Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 18 Oct. 2021
  • The group works with volunteer pilots who share their time and their planes to help transport sea turtles in need.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Many of those sea turtles—a group of animals whose life span can reach 100 years—are still alive today.
    Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 15 Nov. 2023
  • One man's poor night of sleep saved the life of an endangered sea turtle in South Carolina last week.
    Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 16 June 2021
  • Meta Video of a sea turtle, animated from a still image with Make-A-Video.
    Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 29 Sep. 2022
  • This species is the world's smallest sea turtle species that has been considered endangered in the U.S. since 1970.
    Li Cohen, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2023
  • In even better news for sea turtles—there are nearly two months left in the nesting season.
    Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 22 July 2024
  • Some areas are off-limits as sea turtles shuffle on to lay nests.
    Connor Sturges, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Aug. 2024

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