The baby had just survived an encounter with a seagull, who dropped the hatchling, allowing it to continue crawling into the water. Albino green sea turtles have a 1 in 100,000 chance of being born.

It’s a windy May morning on the Texas coast, and dancing sand nips my ankles as I cross an expanse of beach. I’m at Padre Island National Seashore to learn about rare Kemp’s ridley sea turtles, and as ...

Even sea turtle scientists don't yet fully understand how the turtles use the sense of direction and navigation that helps them survive and return to nest on a beach ... the early baby to toddler ...

The green turtle is a large ... To nest, females leave the sea and choose an area, often on the same beach used by their mothers, to lay their eggs. They dig a pit in the sand with their flippers ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Using satellite trackers, scientists have discovered the whereabouts of young sea turtles during a key part of their lives. “We’ve had massive data gaps about the early baby to ...

Julia Sands-Wyeth recently shared photos on social media of a baby turtle hatchling that was found on the Esplanade at Woodgate Beach. The Sea Turtle Alliance reported several other hatchlings ...

PENSACOLA BEACH, Fla. -- Three Green Sea Turtles are headed ... Gulf Coast Turtle Watch said a visitor found two more juvenile green turtles while walking the shore. They were located floating ...

If you’re visiting Pensacola Beach over the next few days, there’s a chance you might stumble upon a seemingly immobile sea turtle washed up on the shore due to the recent cold weather in the ...

In situ nests were also located higher on the beach in coarser sand with lower silt levels. Rick Herren, a biologist and project manager at the Sea Turtle Conservancy not involved in the work, writes ...