The Hawai’i Marine Animal Response announced they are opening a new full-time sea turtle emergency care and rehabilitation ...

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 ...

Experts from the Houston Zoo and The Gulf Center for Sea Turtle Research are on high alert as beachgoers have reported an ...

Sea Turtle Inc. works to protect endangered sea turtle nests from Tropical Storm Alberto, with volunteers aiding conservation ...

Turtles are ectotherms—their internal temperature varies according to the ambient environment, commonly called cold-blooded. However, because of their high metabolic rate, leatherback sea ...

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 ...

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 ...

A nonprofit in a northern Italy port city rescues and treats injured turtles that are sometimes hurt by trawlers in the Adriatic Sea MARINA DI RAVENNA, Italy -- On a crisp morning off the coast of ...

SeaWorld rescued the ailing sea turtle last year. She was missing a flipper. But one of the big problems? She was gassy.

This Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle was nursed back to health in South Carolina in 2017. In 2024, it was found nesting on a Mexican beach. Photo courtesy SC Department of Natural Resources Injured by ...

GALVESTON, Texas — When a family found a small sea turtle that washed ashore along the upper Texas coast this week, they could tell it needed help. The very young juvenile hawksbill sea turtle ...