Defenders of Wildlife
Defenders of Wildlife: Sea Turtles
Comprehensive wildlife site provides extensive data on the Sea Turtle. Discover more about its' diet, population, range, behavior and more.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Leatherback Sea Turtle O Logy Card
Flip this interactive OLogy card to learn about the leatherback sea turtle. Find fast facts, questions and answers, and other bite-size pieces of information.
National Wildlife Federation
National Wildlife Federation: Loggerhead Sea Turtle
Read facts about the endangered Loggerhead Sea Turtle. Also learn about its conservation status and current efforts to save and protect this species in the wild.
Read Works
Read Works: Traveling Turtles
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text that asks the reader to make predictions about the lives of loggerhead sea turtles. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Georgia Aquarium
Georgia Aquarium: Green Sea Turtle
Use this animal guide to learn the scientific name and discover the habitat, diet, reproduction, and physical characteristics of the Green Sea Turtle. Sea Turtles can be viewed live on the webcam.
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: River Turtle (Emydidae)
Provides photographs and a fact card about the river turtle. Discusses the main species and where they are found, physical features, diet, reproductive behavior, and their precarious existence due to threats they face from humans.
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Sea Turtle (Chelonioidea)
Provides photographs and a fact card about sea turtles. Discusses where they are found, the different species, egg-laying behavior, threats, diet, migration, reproduction, predators, and size.
Lincoln Park Zoo
Lincoln Park Zoo: Eastern Box Turtle
A captivating look at the Eastern Box Turtle. Information includes what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, how often it reproduces, and more.
Georgia Aquarium
Georgia Aquarium: Alligator Snapping Turtle
Use this animal guide to learn the scientific name and discover the habitat, diet, reproduction, physical, and other unique characteristics of the Alligator Snapping Turtle.
Georgia Aquarium
Georgia Aquarium: Razorback Musk Turtle
Use this animal guide to learn the scientific name and discover the habitat, diet, reproduction, physical and unique characteristics of the Razorback Musk Turtle.
MarineBio Conservation Society
Marine Bio: Flatback Sea Turtles
Illustrated reference guide features useful information on the flatback sea turtle with facts on physical characteristics, behavior, range, habitat, diet, and conservation status.
MarineBio Conservation Society
Marine Bio: Green Sea Turtles
Illustrated reference guide features useful information on Green Sea Turtles with facts on physical characteristics, behavior, range, habitat, diet, and conservation status.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 10.14 Turtles
Learn about the characteristics and behaviors of turtles.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Survival of the Sea Turtle
Video describes the struggle of infant sea turtles as they deal with hazards and predators in their environment. [4:26] Includes a short quiz and a list of additional resources to explore.
Friends of Algonquin Park
The Science Behind Algonquin's Animals: Painted Turtle
Excellent information is provided on the painted turtle's appearance, weight, migration, food sources, predators and breeding. Research questions provide the answers to many common questions such as how long they live.
Other
Swot: The State of the World's Sea Turtles
SWOT works to protect the habitat and population of sea turtles in the world today.
Other
Tortuga Gazette: Chinese Box Turtle
This Web site contains information on the Chinese Box Turtle. Includes a picture.
BBC
Bbc: Nature Wildfacts: Olive Ridley Turtle
Get the facts on this endangered sea turtle with this detailed BBC fact sheet and photos. This is a great site to check out on the subject.
Canadian Museum of Nature
Canadian Museum of Nature: Loggerhead Turtle
An informative site about the Loggerhead Turtle containing images and maps of their distribution around the world.
Canadian Museum of Nature
Canadian Museum of Nature: Common Snapping Turtle
The snapping turtle, the largest freshwater turtle in Canada, is discussed in this informative site.
Canadian Museum of Nature
Canadian Museum of Nature: Eastern Spiny Softshell Turtle
A concise, informative site about the Eastern Spiny Softshell turtle.
PBS
Nh Pbs: Wildlife Journal Jr: Tracking Blanding's Turtle
Tour the wetlands of New Hampshire as biologists try to find the elusive, yellow-necked Blanding's turtle, one of the state's rarest, oldest and best-traveled reptiles. Learn how the turtles survive in a changing valuable wetland habitat.
Canadian Museum of Nature
Canadian Museum of Nature: Common Green Turtle
Read about the Common Green turtle, its location and habits in this interesting site.
Library of Congress
Loc: Poetry 180: Turtle
This one-stanza poem describes a turtle's physical and mental traits.
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