Sea turtles survived a meteor that killed the dinosaurs, millions of years of predator attacks, even the slow warming of the seas, only to be threatened by nylon fishing lines and plastic bags. Those that wash up in New Zealand almost always need the help of humans.
Shot on assignment for New Zealand Geographic Issue 117 September – October 2012.
Read the Feature: https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/return-of-the-ancients/