In an ecosystem, each species plays an important role, whether it’s as small as a coral polyp or big as a whale. In honor of Endangered Species Day, learn about 6 important endangered marine species:
, is also protected under the Endangered Species Act.
Like all sea turtles, female olive ridley turtles return to land to lay their eggs in the sand. They are remarkable navigators and usually return to a beach in the general area where they hatched. Most olive ridley females come ashore in a mass nesting event known as an arribada, meaning “arrival” in Spanish. Only the ridley sea turtle species nest in such mass numbers and synchrony.
are actually rays, and their skeletons are made up entirely of firm but flexible cartilage instead of bone. This species, which looks like a creature straight from the prehistoric era, can be found in the United States off the coast of Florida. Gulf grouper used to be a common catch for fishermen on the West Coast. But because of overfishing, the fishery crashed to near zero landings by 1970. The U.S. harvest of this species was later banned.
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