Today June 16 is the World Day of Sea Turtles, one of the most threatened animals on the planet and in turn one of the longest-living.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature lists 6 threatened sea turtle species on its red list: Australian flatback turtle (Natator depressus), green turtle (Chelonia mydas), hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta), leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), olive ridley turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) and Kemp's ridley turtle (Lepidochelys kempii).
Oceanic garbage, plastics, fishing with nets where they are trapped, oceans temperature change or tourism increase on the beaches where they spawn, cause sea turtles to be seriously threatened and disappearing.
Turtles have been on Earth for more than 200 million years. Proof of it are the turtle footprints that can be seen and touched in our Museum of Natural History, in the University of Valencia.
We hope that when the coronavirus situation returns to normal, you will check it on an on-site visit. 
We’ll be waiting for you!