Green sea turtles at French Frigate Shoals within Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge

More than a dozen dark-colored turtles crawl onto a stretch of sandy beach

Green sea turtles at French Frigate Shoals within Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge

More than 90 percent of the Hawaiian population of green sea turtles travels to the French Frigate Shoals within Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge for safe nesting.

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Facility

Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge

Species

Chelonia mydas

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Coasts

Islands

Marine ecology

Marine environments

Wildlife

Wildlife refuges

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