Circular path made by turtle coming up to lay eggs in the sand and returning to the sea, coastal Odisha, Orissa, India, Asia

Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) nesting site at night on Long Beach on Ascension Island, Tropical Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic Ocean

Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) nesting site at night on Long Beach on Ascension Island, Tropical Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic Ocean

Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) tracks left from a female laying eggs the previous night on Long Beach on Ascension Island, South Atlantic Ocean

Loggerhead Sea Turtle, hatchling running to the sea, Caretta caretta, lycian coast, Mediterranean Sea, Turkey

Loggerhead Sea Turtles, hatchlings running to the sea, Caretta caretta, lycian coast, Mediterranean Sea, Turkey

Tracks of a sea turtle which has returned to the ocean after laying her eggs, Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Track of a green sea turtle on the beach of Heron Island, Capricornia Cays National Park, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

Green Sea Turtle or Pacific Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas japonica) on the way to the sea, Floreana, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador, South America

Green Sea Turtle or Pacific Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas japonica) on the way to the sea, Floreana, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador, South America

Turtle tracks on coastal sand, Cape Range National Park, Western Australia

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

Endangered Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) making it's way back to the ocean, Maui, Hawaii, United States of America

Encounters with Hawaiian monk seals (Monachus schauinslandi) (endemic and endangered) are few and far between. Here a monk seal shares a patch of sand with a Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas), also an endangered species, off Maui, Maui, Hawaii, United States of America