Hawkbill sea turtle swimming among coral-encrusted mangrove roots

A nautical map on the deck of a sailboat in a channel deep within a mangrove forest

Novel coexisting mangrove-coral habitat

It's been 10 years since we discovered that many hawksbills lay eggs in mangrove estuaries; some continue to live within coexisting mangrove-coral habitats. More reason to increase the conservation of mangrove estuaries and ecosystems. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #TurtleTuesday #Hawkbills #Mangroves