The most dangerous time of a green turtle’s life is when it makes the journey from nest to sea. Multiple predators, including crabs and flocks of gulls, voraciously prey on hatchlings during ...

These turtles feed on gelatinous prey such as jellyfish and seabed prey ... the devastating impact of Earth's plastic pollution on sea turtles, the experts say that more research is now needed.

The prey panic, and their tightly organized schools ... to crack though even the thick carapace (shell) of full-grown sea turtles. One common defense against predators is a protective covering ...

Leatherbacks are jellyfish afficionados, dining almost exclusively on gelatinous prey. This diet sets them apart from other sea turtle species, such as the herbivorous green turtles or the ...

Sea turtles have long mystified researchers by returning to beaches where they were hatched, magnetic signals may be the key, new research finds.

Olive and Kemp’s ridleys are the smallest of the sea turtles, weighing up to 100 pounds and reaching only about 2 feet in shell length. The olive ridley has a slightly smaller head and smaller s ...

Oftentimes, that test by can be so lethal, it ends up killing the prey. And imagine how soft the human body is. If a tiger shark comes up and thinks, "Mmm ... maybe you're a sea turtle," and takes ...

These reptiles are opportunistic feeders, known to target a wide variety of prey, including fish, birds, and reptiles such as sea turtles. Crocodile captures sea turtle in Cardwell, Far North ...