This Giant Ancient Turtle Dwarfs Its Modern Ancestors

Turtles today are often slow-moving, modestly sized creatures, but their ancient relatives were quite different. Long before ...
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Sea turtles really do carry a (microscopic) world on their backs

Several cultures portray the world as being carried on the back of a giant turtle. As it turns out, sea turtles really do house an entire world on their backs — one of microscopic organisms, that is!
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Long Beach aquarium treats, releases giant sea turtle after hook injury

LONG BEACH, Calif. (KABC) -- A giant green sea turtle that was snagged by a fisherman's hook is on its way back home, after being treated and released to the ocean by the Aquarium of the Pacific. The ...
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Giant turtle found washed up on Solway beach

A giant sea turtle has been found by a walker on the beach next to Southerness Golf Club on the Solway Coast. Valerie Smith Lang came across the reptile on Thursday evening after it had been washed up ...
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One Shell Of A Comeback: Endangered Loggerhead Turtle Thrives After Foiled Poaching Attempt

The prognosis is good for a giant sea turtle that was rescued in New Caledonia, a French overseas territory located in the South Pacific Ocean. The female loggerhead turtle, which experts estimate is ...
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Sea turtles may be more resilient to global warming than we thought

An “epigenetic” adaptation could prevent large numbers of loggerhead turtles from hatching as female due to climate change – ...
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Community gathers to support sea turtle conservation efforts at Folly Beach release event

FOLLY BEACH, S.C. (WCIV) — The South Carolina Aquarium continues its ongoing sea turtle rehab and release. On Wednesday the aquarium and its Sea Turtle Care Center brought its number of released ...