How Legalizing Egg Poaching Has Helped The Population Of Ancient Sea Turtles In Costa Rica

Meera Dolasia
2013-09-07T14:50:28-07:00

Every year four of the world's seven species of marine turtles arrive on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica to nest. Among them is the Olive Ridley, an ancient turtle that has been around for more that 100,000,000 years and was at one time amongst the most prolific and abundant of all turtle species.