Wallace “J” Nichols is a California Academy of Sciences researcher who studies and tracks sea turtles. The more he learns about them, the more he realizes they’re in serious trouble.

Working with locals, he’s organizing conservation efforts up and down the Pacific coast of Mexico. His work is amazing and inspiring.

For information on other sea turtle conservation efforts, please visit the websites of the Marine Turtle Research Program, Pro Peninsula and Ocean Revolution.

Additional sea turtle photos by S. Hoyt Peckham.

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To go on a turtle scavenger hunt on your next visit to the Academy, click here.

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