Vultures wait to steal eggs as Olive Ridley turtle digs nest at this refuge, Ostional, Nicoya Peninsula, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, Central America

Olive Ridley turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) taking a breath, Center for sea turtle protection, TAMAR project, Arembepe, Bahia, Brazil, South America

Olive Ridley turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) taking a breath, Center for sea turtle protection, TAMAR project, Arembepe, Bahia, Brazil, South America

Olive Ridley Sea Turtle going ashore to lay eggs during arribada, Ostional, Costa Rica

Olive Ridley turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea), Center for sea turtle protection, TAMAR project, Arembepe, Bahia, Brazil, South America

Olive Ridley Sea Turtle going ashore to lay eggs during arribada, Ostional, Costa Rica

Olive ridley turtle hatchling, Lepidochelys olivacea, Costa do Sauipe, Bahia, Brazil (South Atlantic)

Olive ridley turtle hatchling, Lepidochelys olivacea, Costa do Sauipe, Bahia, Brazil (South Atlantic)

Olive Ridley Sea Turtle makes its way from the ocean onto the beach in order to lay its eggs in Oaxaca, Mexico.

An Olive Ridley Sea Turtle throws sand everywhere, while digging the hole where she will lay her eggs in Oaxaca, Mexico.

An Olive Ridley Sea Turtle lays its eggs in the hole she previously dug out, in Oaxaca, Mexico.

An Olive Ridley Sea Turtle explores the beach for a suitable place to lay her eggs.

An Olive Ridley Sea Turtle climbs up the sand from the ocean as another one returns to it, in Oaxaca, Mexico.