While all other sea turtles have hard, bony shells, the inky-blue carapace of the leatherback is somewhat flexible and almost rubbery to the touch. Ridges along the carapace help give it a more ...

While this adaptation is effective for now ... to their regular nesting spots earlier each year to compensate for rising temperatures. In sea turtles, temperature determines the biological sex of ...

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 study, published in Current Biology yesterday (August 10), provides evidence that some populations of the turtle-headed sea snake (Emydocephalus annulatus ... The key to this apparent melanistic ...

The result is a better understanding of their astonishing migrations. A loggerhead sea turtle, shortly after hatching, heads out to sea on a beach at Bald Head Island, North Carolina (US).