Scientists have new evidence to explain why plastic is dangerous to sea turtles: the animals mistake the scent of plastic for food. Thus, a plastic bag floating in the sea not only looks like a ...

or dropped raw into a shot glass with lemon, tomato juice, and pepper. Eggs don’t bring huge dollars, but because most turtles lay 50 to 100 or more at once and leave long sandy tracks from sea ...

Sea turtle facts for kids can reveal a lot about these fascinating creatures of the deep! For instance, did you know that ...

As ancient as the dinosaurs, the leatherback sea turtle is something of a dinosaur itself — and the heaviest reptile on the planet. This champion swimmer, whose diving capabilities are unmatched by ...

Marine turtle population estimates (including those stated above) are based on the number of egg-laying females – we can’t be sure of the numbers of elusive sea-dwelling males, or females that aren’t ...

The green turtle is a large, weighty sea turtle with a wide, smooth carapace, or shell. It inhabits tropical and subtropical coastal waters around the world and has been observed clambering onto ...

The Barbados Sea Turtle Project save the lives of thousands of turtles. There are many animals that have not been able to adapt to the change brought about by the expansion of the urban environment.

New research from Padre Island National Seashore highlights the toll that ingesting plastic is taking on green sea turtles. Padre Island National Seashore sits at the confluence of powerful currents ...

Before the discovery of hatchlings on the islands in 2022, Kemp's ridley turtles hadn't been documented there for more than 75 years. This image shows entry and exit tracks of sea turtles (circles ...

Working together in the first moments of life makes it easier for olive ridley sea turtles to emerge from the nest Graham Duggan Sea turtles are solitary creatures, who spend most of their long li ...

I have analyzed sand from across the world and added samples, including one of sea glass, into a collection for the environmental, earth and atmospheric sciences at UMass Lowell. The way this ...

In early 2023, the firm's Sustainability Working Group chose the sea turtle as its symbol for sustainability, leading to the birth of P&AWI (read as PAWI), the firm's sustainability mascot. P&AWI ...