The Graceful Sea Turtle Sea turtles glide through the ocean with effortless grace ... capturing their complex forms and movements. This drawing can enhance your skills in rendering texture ...

Once prevalent in every ocean except the Arctic and Antarctic ... Leatherbacks can dive to depths of 4,200 feet—deeper than any other turtle—and can stay down for up to 85 minutes.

And though their nesting grounds are protected and many commercial fishing fleets now use turtle excluder devices ... is the later struggle to the ocean of each tiny, vulnerable hatchling.