How to Use sea turtle in a Sentence

sea turtle

noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Protected species include whales, sea turtles, rays, and more than 20 species of shark.
    Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 7 Aug. 2023
  • The aquarium also remarked that the sea turtle is more alert and active now.
    Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Hunt for sea turtle nests in the morning and then head to the quaint downtown for a strawberry ice cream cone to beat the rising heat in the afternoon.
    Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 25 Mar. 2023
  • The unspoiled beaches are home to more than 380 bird species and the world's most endangered sea turtle species, the Kemp's ridley.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 27 Nov. 2023
  • My first exposure to the marine world and living on a boat was through their sea turtle program.
    Angelina Parrillo, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Someone purchased that doll head for $35, and Mission- Aransas gave the money to a sea turtle rescue program.
    al, 27 Apr. 2022
  • That’s one small piece of one day in the life of Share the Beach, Alabama’s sea turtle conservation program.
    Lawrence Specker | Lspecker@al.com, al, 29 June 2023
  • For some, that moment came back in 2015, when a video of researchers yanking a plastic straw out of a sea turtle’s nose went viral.
    Time, 5 May 2022
  • At one point, Pi jumps through the stage into the water, and at another, meets a sea turtle that moves in some primal way that reads as wise.
    Vulture, 30 Mar. 2023

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