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PLoS Biology Issue Image | Vol. 6(7) July 2008

A leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) fitted with a satellite tag.

A satellite-tagged leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) departs its nesting beach (Playa Grande, Costa Rica) at dawn (see Shillinger et al., e171).

Image Credit: George Shillinger, Tagging of Pacific Pelagics, Stanford University

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A leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) fitted with a satellite tag.

A satellite-tagged leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) departs its nesting beach (Playa Grande, Costa Rica) at dawn (see Shillinger et al., e171).

Image Credit: George Shillinger, Tagging of Pacific Pelagics, Stanford University

https://doi.org/10.1371/image.pbio.v06.i07.g001