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 ...

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.

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

A new interactive exhibit at Scitech in Perth shows how light pollution impacts baby turtles.When turtles hatch, they use the ...

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