There are seven species of sea turtle alive today, and they are found in oceans all over the world except the Arctic. Many of them travel thousands of miles between the areas where they forage for ...

Sea turtles have been around for millions of years. They are a hardy species that not only survived but thrived after the last mass extinction event. Today, however, many of the remaining seven ...

We now revere and protect our sea turtles. But you may remember the sad part of history when sailors near coastal areas would catch sea turtles coming to shore to lay eggs and they took them back to ...

WASHINGTON – Using satellite trackers, scientists have discovered the whereabouts of young sea turtles during a key part of their lives. “We’ve had massive data gaps about the early baby to toddler ...

When a hatching sea turtle first pokes its head above the sand and scrambles to the sea, a watching child might ask how the turtle knows where to go and how girl turtles know to come back one day to a ...

Nineteen endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtles named for Taylor Swift songs finished their ‘recovery era’ and were released back into the wild on Wednesday. The Kemp’s ridley sea turtles, one of the ...

The green sea turtle is an uncommon sight in Greek waters, where the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) is much more ...