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Sea turtles have been swimming around the planet for over 100 million years.

They outlived the dinosaurs. They've outlived ice ages, asteroid impacts, and just about every threat thrown at them.

But they might not outlive the plastic age…

Help clean sea turtle habitats with Kemp's Ridley Bracelet of the Month >>

Six of the seven sea turtle species are listed as vulnerable, endangered, or critically endangered.

The threat list is long: fishing nets, beach development, boat strikes, light pollution that disorients hatchlings, and the one we deal with directly every single day: plastic.

Sea turtles mistake plastic bags for jellyfish. They get tangled in ghost nets. Their stomachs fill with plastic fragments they can't pass.

So this June, we're dedicating the entire month to them. Introducing all seven sea turtle species, one by one, starting today:

Meet the Flatback Sea Turtle

Flatbacks are the homebodies of the family as the only sea turtle species that doesn't migrate across ocean basins.

They spend their entire lives in the warm coastal waters of northern Australia and southern New Guinea, never wandering far from where they hatched.

Their shell is exactly what the name implies: low, flat, perfectly built for shallow coastal water and coral reef life.

They're also one of the least-studied sea turtle species, and every new piece of research on them is genuinely new ground.

But what we do know is that they're feeling the same pressures every other sea turtle species feels. Including the plastic in their feeding grounds.

You can help us pull that plastic out >>

The June Bracelet of the Month is the Kemp's Ridley sea turtle bracelet. Every one pulls a pound of plastic and trash from the ocean, rivers and coastlines where sea turtles live.