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 leaves after nesting at this crucial beach refuge, Playa Ostional, Nicoya Peninsula, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, Central America

Olive Ridley turtle digs nest in the sun at this crucial beach refuge, Playa 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 Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea), Projeto Tamar, Florianopolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil, South America

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

Clutch of olive ridley turtle hatchlings (Lepidochelys olivacea), ready to be released into the ocean, Costa do Sauipe, Bahia, Brazil, South America

Curious children and parents observe olive ridley turtle hatchling (Lepidochelys olivacea) being released into the ocean, Costa do Sauipe, Bahia, Brazil, South America

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

Olive ridley turtle hatchlings (Lepidochelys olivacea) heading towards the ocean for the first time, Costa do Sauipe, Bahia, Brazil, South America

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

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

Olive RidleyTurtle freed from discarded fishing gear. Azores, North Atlantic

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.