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 ...

Loggerhead sea turtles make some of the longest known journeys of any sea turtle species. Adapted for these lengthy migrations, loggerheads have a small shell and enlarged flippers. Some migrate more ...

We've put them at risk, but with a little help, they're rebounding. Green sea turtles congregate near a dock in the Bahamas. They were so numerous during Columbus’s day that “it seemed the ...

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 ...

A group of commercial fishermen found Boeier trapped in their nets off the southwestern coast of the Netherlands in October ...

That’s exactly what happened to Boeier, a Kemp’s ridley sea turtle. Boeier’s story starts in the Gulf of Mexico, where Kemp’s ...

The aquarium said in a news release that “a large percentage” of active nests were washed out by Hurricanes Debby, Helene and ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

JUNO BEACH — Researchers saw fewer sea turtle nests on a 9.5-mile stretch of beach in Juno Beach, Jupiter and Tequesta this season than they did in the three seasons before it. Loggerhead ...