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  • Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) swims to the surface for a breath of fresh air over a seagrass (Thalassia testudinum) meadow. Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20171106HI_042.jpg
  • Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) eating a seagrass species called turtle grass (Thalassia testudinum). Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20171106HI_102.jpg
  • Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) in the late evening in The Bahamas.
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  • Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) in the late evening in The Bahamas
    20200623-500_1469.jpg
  • A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) munching on turtle grass (Thalassia testudinum), a type of seagrass, in The Bahamas
    20200520-500_1046.jpg
  • A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) in the waters of Bermuda.
    20190812-500_6533.jpg
  • Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) near the surface in the late evening in The Bahamas
    20200623-500_1465.jpg
  • Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) portrait in black and white.
    20200623-500_1525.jpg
  • A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) feeding on seagrass (halophila stipulacea) off Marsa Alam, Egypt in the Red Sea.
    20191001-500_1832.jpg
  • A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) feeding in the waters of Bermuda.
    20190812-500_6545.jpg
  • A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) in the waters of Bermuda.
    20190812-500_6590.jpg
  • Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) feeding on turtlegrass seagrass (Thalassia testudinum) in The Bahamas
    20200520-500_1068.jpg
  • A green turtle (Chelonia mydas) feeding on a type of seagrass called turtlegrass (Thalassia testudinum) in The Bahamas.
    20200306-500_0770.jpg
  • Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) near the surface in The Bahamas.
    20200203-500_8660.jpg
  • A close up portrait of a green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) on the seabed with sand and seagrass in The Bahamas.
    2016_04_25_HI203.jpg
  • Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) under the surface with clouds and sky in the background. Image made off Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    2015_06_05_HI_063.jpg
  • Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) under the surface off Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    2015_01_02HI275.jpg
  • A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) in clear, blue water off North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
    20180914-500_1271.jpg
  • A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) with open mouth off Eleuthera, Bahamas.
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  • A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) rests behind the protection of a coral head covered in sponges. Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20170121HI121.jpg
  • A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) hides among mangrove trees in The Bahamas.
    20200706-500_1840.jpg
  • Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) near the surface in shallow water in The Bahamas.
    20200203-500_8638.jpg
  • A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) rests in a coral wall off North Sulawesi Indonesia.
    20180914-500_1234.jpg
  • A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) feeding on Seagrass (Halophila stipulacea) while an underwater photographer documents the behaviour. Image made in the Red Sea off Marsa Alam, Egypt.
    20191001-500_1597.jpg
  • A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) swimming in open water with a large gorgonian sea fan in the foreground. Image made of North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
    20180914-500_1356.jpg
  • Dead green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) hooked and tangled in fishing line as bycatch. Image made in The Bahamas.
    20170729HI_161.jpg
  • A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) rests while feeding on seagrass (Halophila stipulacea) wihile two remora fish (Echeneis naucrates) wait for scraps in the Red Sea off Marsa Alam, Egypt.
    20191002-500_1891.jpg
  • A green turtle (Chelonia mydas) makes a mess feeding on seagrass (halophila stipulacea) off Marsa Alam, Egypt in the Red Sea.
    20191001-500_1684.jpg
  • Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) leaves for a breath at the surface after feeding on seagrass (Thalassia testudinum) in The Bahamas.
    20200203-500_8703.jpg
  • A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) feeding on seagrass (halophila stipulacea) off Marsa Alam, Egypt in the Red Sea.
    20191001-500_1822 2.jpg
  • A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) feeding on Seagrass (Halophila stipulacea) in the Red Sea off Marsa Alam, Egypt.
    20191001-500_1641.jpg
  • A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) hides among mangrove trees in The Bahamas.
    20200709-500_2261.jpg
  • Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) rests in soft sea plume corals (Pseudopterogorgia sp.) in Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20200709-500_2337bw2.jpg
  • A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) hides among mangrove trees in The Bahamas.
    20200709-500_2262.jpg
  • Researchers Kevin Perez and Laura Soler feed a green sea turtle with cancer at the Manatee Conservation Center in Puerto Rico. Image release available.
    Gross_PuertoRico110.jpg
  • A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) feeding in the waters of Bermuda.
    20190812-500_6530.jpg
  • Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) swimming down towards turtlegrass seagrass (Thalassia testudinum) in The Bahamas
    20200520-500_0992.jpg
  • A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) happens upon a seagrass researcher with CORE sciences in The Bahamas. The goal of the research is to understand the effects of grazing on seagrass by animals like turtles, parrot fish, and manatees.
    20180606-500_5459.jpg
  • A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) happens upon a seagrass researcher with CORE sciences in The Bahamas. The goal of the research is to understand the effects of grazing on seagrass by animals like turtles, parrot fish, and manatees.
    20180606-500_5301.jpg
  • A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) happens upon a seagrass researcher with CORE sciences in The Bahamas. The goal of the research is to understand the effects of grazing on seagrass by animals like turtles, parrot fish, and manatees.
    20180606-500_5249.jpg
  • A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) feeding on seagrass (Thalassia testudinum) in a shallow lagoon in The Bahamas.
    2016_04_25_HI221.jpg
  • Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) resting in a coral reef. Image made off Eleuthera, Bahamas.
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  • A green turtle (Chelonia mydas) with a Napoleon wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus) in the background. Blue Corner, Palau.
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  • A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) in the waters of Bermuda.
    20190812-500_6559.jpg
  • A green turtle (Chelonia mydas) feeding on a type of seagrass called turtlegrass (Thalassia testudinum) in The Bahamas.
    20200306-500_0784.jpg
  • Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) near the surface in shallow water, Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20190723-500_4144.jpg
  • A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) feeding on Seagrass (Halophila stipulacea) with a remora fish (Echeneis naucrates) in the Red Sea off Marsa Alam, Egypt.
    20191001-500_1632.jpg
  • A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) swims towards the surface for a breath of air. Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20170510HI224.jpg
  • A green turtle (Chelonia mydas) with a missing front flipper swims through a mangrove creek in The Bahamas.
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  • Galapagos green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas agassizi) heading to the surface for a breath. Isabela Island, Galapagos, Ecuador.
    20191210-500_6802.jpg
  • Scientists from the Cape Eleuthera Institute catch a green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas), take samples, tag and release her. The long-term study is to determine best practices for turtle conservation.
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  • Galapagos green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas agassizi) feeding on algae growing on lava rocks. Isabela Island, Galapagos, Ecuador.
    20191210-500_6787.jpg
  • A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) feeding on seagrass (Thalassia testudinum) off Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20180420-500_6427.jpg
  • JP Zegarra of the US Fish and Wildlife Service swims alongside a green sea turtle over a seagrass bed off Crash Boat Beach, Puerto Rico. Seagrass is not only a main food source for endangered green turtles, it also stabalizes sediment and sequesters carbon, helping in our fight agaisnt climate change.
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  • Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) near the surface in shallow water in The Bahamas. *Note: This image is only for sale for Rights Managed or as a limited edition print. See my "Limited Editions" under the PRINTS tab for more information or send me an email for a quote.
    Green Turtle
  • A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) happens upon a seagrass researcher in The Bahamas. The goal of the research is to understand the effects of grazing on seagrass by animals like turtles, parrot fish, and manatees.
    Field Research.jpg
  • Galapagos green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas agassizii) feeding on seaweed growing on lava rocks off Isabela Island, Galapagos, Ecuador.
    20191210-500_6904.jpg
  • A green sea turtle eating turtle grass. This type of seagrass is their main diet, consuming about 4 pounds a day.
    Direct Food Source
  • Green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas), like this one photographed in the Egyptian Red Sea, feed almost exclusively on seagrass.
    Green Turtle Food.jpg
  • A green turtle (Chelonia mydas) feeding on seagrass (halophila stipulacea) off Marsa Alam, Egypt in the Red Sea.
    20191001-500_1832.jpg
  • One team caught 466 lionfish in a single day during the Green Turtle Cay, Bahamas lionfish Derby in June of 2016. Lionfish (Pterois volitans) are an invasive species in the Atlantic ocean and spear fishing tournaments like this help the reefs and raise awareness about the issue.
    2016_06_25GTCLionfishDerby047.jpg
  • One team caught 466 lionfish in a single day during the Green Turtle Cay lionfish Derby in June of 2016.
    2016_06_25GTCLionfishDerby047.jpg
  • One team caught 466 lionfish in a single day during the Green Turtle Cay, Bahamas lionfish Derby in June of 2016. Lionfish (Pterois volitans) are an invasive species in the Atlantic ocean and spear fishing tournaments like this help the reefs and raise awareness about the issue.
    2016_06_25GTCLionfishDerby191.jpg
  • Founder and organiser of the annual Green Turtle Cay lionfish derby, Bobbie Lindsay (middle) enjoys a laugh at the end of a long day. For now, despite great efforts, the Caribbean will have to live under the rule of the lionfish.
    2016_06_25GTCLionfishDerby346.jpg
  • 1100 lionfish caught in a single day by 5 teams during the 8th annual Green Turtle Cay Lionfish Derby off Abaco, Bahamas are cleaned for food, if they are large enough.<br />
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In Pensacola, FL, 8,121 lionfish were caught by 22 teams during a 2 day tournament in 2016.
    Tournament
  • During the Green Turtle Cay Lionfish Derby there is a prize for the smallest fish and it is sought after. These tiny fish, about the size of a quarter, are better caught in small hand-nets.
    2016_06_25GTCLionfishDerby900.jpg
  • A lionfish is passed into the boat at sunrise. It is one of 1100 speared or netted that day during the 8th annual Green Turtle Cay lionfish derby.
    2016_06_25GTCLionfishDerby015.jpg
  • An invasive lionfish is speared during the annual Green Turtle Cay Lionfish derby. Lionfish are invasive and this is one attempt to help the local marine ecosystem.
    2016_06_25GTCLionfishDerby552.jpg
  • A green sea turtle tangled in fishing line and drown. <br />
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This green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) was found tangled in fishing line and a fishing hook off Eleuthera in The Bahamas. When the people who found her told me about it I knew I had to go back and remove the line so it didn't claim any more victims.
    Drowned Turtle.jpg
  • Galapagos green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas agassizii) feeding on seaweed growing on lava rocks off Isabela Island, Galapagos, Ecuador.
    20191210-500_6897.jpg
  • Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) swimming over sand ripples, Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20190217-500_3397.jpg
  • Galapagos green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas agassizii) feeding on seaweed growing on lava rocks off Isabela Island, Galapagos, Ecuador.
    20191211-500_6945.jpg
  • Turtles gained protection from hunting in The Bahamas in 2009. Since then they have begun a recovery.
    2015_06_05_HI_063.jpg
  • Scientists feed a green sea turtle with cancer - you can see cancerous growths around the eye - at the Manatee Conservation Center in Puerto Rico.
    Gross_PuertoRico102.jpg
  • Green sea turtles dine almost exclusively on seagrass which helped coin Thalassia testudinum's common name 'turtlegrass'.
    Green Turtle Feeding on Seagrass
  • A green turtle (Chelonia mydas) feeding on a type of seagrass called turtlegrass (Thalassia testudinum) in The Bahamas.
    20200306-500_0784.jpg
  • An invasive Lionfish (Pterois volitans) is speared as part of an effort to help coral reefs adapt to this new predator. Image made off Abaco, Bahamas.
    2016_06_25GTCLionfishDerby514.jpg
  • A lionfish is brought to the surface by lionfish derby entrant Stewart Pinder.
    2016_06_25GTCLionfishDerby514.jpg
  • Patrons of a lionfish derby get a taste. Lionfish are considered very good eating and are guilt-free for those refusing to eat other seafoods that are caught in unsustainable fisheries.
    2016_06_25GTCLionfishDerby220.jpg
  • After a lionfish derby, volunteers are rewarded with lionfish fingers. Lionfish (Pterois volitans) are an invasive species in the Atlantic ocean and spear fishing tournaments like this help the reefs and raise awareness about the issue.
    2016_06_25GTCLionfishDerby220.jpg
  • Commercial lobster fisherman Stewart Pinder turns his attention to lionfish when lobster season is closed. There is big prize money on the line in lionfish derby's.
    2016_06_25GTCLionfishDerby441c.jpg
  • A captain and a spear fisherman check their gps at dawn. They are looking for scouted locations where lionfish dwell in the hopes of winning the derby. Lionfish derby's are taken very seriously as large amounts of prize money are on the line.
    2016_06_25GTCLionfishDerby003.jpg
  • An invasive Lionfish (Pterois volitans) is speared as part of an effort to help coral reefs adapt to this new predator. Image made off Abaco, Bahamas.
    2016_06_25GTCLionfishDerby552.jpg
  • An invasive Lionfish (Pterois volitans) is netted as part of an effort to help coral reefs adapt to this new predator. Image made off Abaco, Bahamas.
    2016_06_25GTCLionfishDerby900.jpg
  • A green sea turtle comes to the surface for a breath of air
    GreenTurtleUnderWaves.jpg
  • Galapagos sea lions (Zalophus wollebaeki), two, play near a Galapagos green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas agassizi) off Isabela Island, Galapagos, Ecuador.
    20191210-500_6880.jpg
  • A green sea turtle tangled in fishing line and drown.
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  • A green sea turtle eating turtle grass. This type of seagrass is their main diet, consuming about 4 pounds a day.
    2016_04_25_HI221.jpg
  • Green sea turtles feed almost exclusively on a seagrass aptly named Turtle Grass
    20170510HI102.jpg
  • A green sea turtle tangled in fishing line and drown.
    20170729HI_224.jpg
  • A green sea turtle tangled in fishing line and drown.
    20170729HI_226.jpg
  • Scientists feed a green sea turtle with cancer - you can see cancerous growths around the eye - at the Manatee Conservation Center in Puerto Rico.
    Gross_PuertoRico102.jpg
  • a green turtle (Chelonia mydas) makes a mess feeding on seagrass (halophila stipulacea) off Marsa Alam, Egypt in the Red Sea.
    20191001-500_1684.jpg
  • Sea Turtle scientists Alexandra Gulick and Nerine Constant give a talk in the ships lounge. The Greenpeace ship Esperanza during its expedition to the Sargasso Sea, a unique region in the North Atlantic Ocean that is home to a diverse array of marine life, including loggerhead and green sea turtles.  The journey will see Greenpeace and University of Florida researchers team up to study the impact of plastics and microplastics on marine life and the importance that the Sargasso’s drifting Sargassum seaweed habitat has for the development of juvenile sea turtles.
    20190805-501_4456.jpg
  • A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) happens upon a seagrass researcher with CORE sciences in The Bahamas. The goal of the research is to understand the effects of grazing on seagrass by animals like turtles, parrot fish, and manatees.
    20180606-500_5491.jpg
  • A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) happens upon a seagrass researcher with CORE sciences in The Bahamas. The goal of the research is to understand the effects of grazing on seagrass by animals like turtles, parrot fish, and manatees.
    20180606-500_5455.jpg
  • A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) happens upon a seagrass researcher with CORE sciences in The Bahamas. The goal of the research is to understand the effects of grazing on seagrass by animals like turtles, parrot fish, and manatees.
    20180606-500_5459.jpg
  • A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) hides among mangrove trees in The Bahamas.
    20200706-500_1840.jpg
  • Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) swims to the surface for a breath of fresh air over a seagrass (Thalassia testudinum) meadow. Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20171106HI_042.jpg
  • A sea butterfly shot at night in the open ocean at 80 feet. The Greenpeace ship Esperanza during its expedition to the Sargasso Sea, a unique region in the North Atlantic Ocean that is home to a diverse array of marine life, including loggerhead and green sea turtles.  The journey will see Greenpeace and University of Florida researchers team up to study the impact of plastics and microplastics on marine life and the importance that the Sargasso’s drifting Sargassum seaweed habitat has for the development of juvenile sea turtles.
    20190802-500_5104.jpg
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