World Turtle Day!

There are 350 species of turtles, from the gigantic leatherback sea turtle that can weigh as much as a motorcycle, to the tiny speckled padloper tortoise that’s smaller than your hand.

Here is a Wild & Wacky Work Fact: Turtle Tracking Goes High-Tech Herpetologists often use satellite tags and GPS devices to track turtle movements across oceans, rivers, and forests. Some sea turtles travel more than 10,000 miles a year—and herpetologists follow them virtually to study migration routes and nesting sites.