A leatherback hatchling navigates over sargassum on Juno Beach in July 2021. The new findings detailed in a study published in the Journal of Coastal Research explores the role that this brown seaweed ...

The global population of green turtles has increased approximately 28% since the 1970s, according to the International Union ...

Last week, rough waves and heavy winds pushed dense sargassum seaweed onto Florida beaches, trapping hundreds of sea turtle ...

But earlier this month, researchers announced something overwhelmingly positive: Green sea turtles, the iconic marine species ...

The ongoing global recovery of the green turtle is a powerful example of what coordinated global conservation over decades ...

Leatherback sea turtles are the biggest sea turtle species, which can weigh over 1 ton, but they are also one of the most threatened.

The green turtle has been rescued from the brink of extinction in what scientists are calling a major conservation victory. Once hunted extensively for turtle soup, its eggs as a delicacy and ...

Smelly, brown seaweed washing up on Florida shores is snaring baby sea turtles on their way to the ocean, researchers warned this week, leaving them vulnerable to predators and putting them at risk of ...

CAPE LOOKOUT, N.C. (WNCN) — Activity at the North Carolina coast is heating up — especially on the beach along the sand to the surf. The first turtle nest hatched late last week at the Outer Banks, ...

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 ...

These newly-hatched baby turtles were threatened by the seabirds prowling in the sky. When Rene spotted them, he had to do ...

Freshwater and sea turtles may look similar, but neither one could survive in the other's territory for these reasons.