Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) basking in the sun at Poipu Beach; Poipu, Kauai, Hawaii, United States of America

USA, Hawaii, Big Island, Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park; Kona, Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia Mydas) among coral and City Of Refuge above

Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas), an endangered species; Hawaii, United States of America

Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) at Punaluu Black Sand Beach, with several turtles and tourists in the background; Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States of America

Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) resting on a sandy bottom adjacent to Kauai, Hawaii, in the spring; Kauai, Hawaii, United States of America

Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas), an endangered species, makes its way from the Pacific ocean onto the beach; Maui, Hawaii, United States of America

A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas), an endangered species, is having its shell cleaned by a school of goldring surgeonfish (Ctenochaetus strigosus) below a surf instructor on a stand-up paddle board; 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; Maui, Hawaii, United States...

Hawaii, Oahu, Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia Mydas) Resting On Sandy Shore, Sunset Over Ocean.