Turtle shells evolved over the course of 300 million years, but self-defense wasn't the initial driver, researchers think.

Turtles can slow their hearts down to sleep underwater. Some species of turtles can even breath through their butts!

The New England Aquarium and Audubon Aquarium Rescue are helping over two dozen Kemp's ridley sea turtles recover from a ...

A weeklong trip on the Island of Hawaii leads to giant manta rays, waterfalls, sunset dinners, a luxury beachside resort and ...

Windswept isolation, inhospitality to humans, and piracy have historically kept this place one of the planet's truly wild and ...

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Here's the good news we all need this week: Mote’s Sea Turtle Conservation and Research Program (STCRP) documented a historic nesting season in 2025, with 5,735 total nests recorded along 35 miles of ...

TAMPA, Fla. — It was a historic nesting season as the highest number of nests was ever recorded, according to Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium. The Sea Turtle Conservation and Research Program ...

Preliminary counts show roughly 6,600 nests along Palm Beach’s Atlantic shoreline this season. The majority of nests belonged to loggerhead sea turtles. The 2025 sea turtle nesting season ran from ...

Florida's beaches—particularly those in Palm Beach County—are among the world's most vital nesting grounds for loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta), accounting for 90% of all loggerhead nests in ...

Loggerhead Marinelife Center logged 20,872 nests, a nearly 40% increase from the previous year. Despite the high numbers, some nests were lost to beach erosion. Researchers advise beachgoers to keep ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Hawaii’s green sea turtles have rebounded dramatically, but federal protections still ban Native Hawaiian ...