Tales of Turtles: A Look into the World of Sea and Freshwater Turtles

A young turtle sits on a sandy beach surveying his surroundings.

Many places in the world have sea turtles, which live in the ocean, and freshwater turtles, which live on land, often in lakes and rivers. These two types of turtles have significant morphological differences. Sea turtles have flippers instead of hands and feet. Those turtles dwelling out of the ocean have hands with fingers and […]