Ask anyone who has seen Finding Nemo: Sea turtles are way cool. They are romantic too. The ecologically vulnerable creatures can live for up to a century, but they never forget the first beach where ...

In the pantheon of least favorite turtles, there is one who is far and away the most hated — far below surfer-turtle Crush from “Finding Nemo,” the turtle from “Discworld” who holds up the planet, and ...