Sea turtles are capable of creating GPS-like magnetic maps to guide them back to foraging grounds, and they do a little dance ...

A new study from researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill provides the first empirical evidence that ...

Hawksbill turtles are critically endangered, they are found in every ocean and are the most tropical of sea turtles. Adult hawksbills have long been considered to have a close association with ...

The green turtle is a large, weighty sea turtle with a wide, smooth carapace, or shell. It inhabits tropical and subtropical coastal waters around the world and has been observed clambering onto ...

Tropical Storm Alberto did minimal damage to Dauphin Island, but it's likely to prove devastating for six sea turtle nests there. According to the Alabama Coastal Foundation-- the high surf and ...

Today sea turtles are found on the beaches of every continent except Antarctica, and they swim in all tropical and temperate waters. Once or twice a month during Costa Rica’s rainy season ...

For decades, scientists have wondered about what happens during the so-called lost years between when tiny hatchlings leave ...

Adult leatherbacks can grow as large as nearly 2 meters long. The species is the largest sea turtle that migrates in tropical and temperate seas, including the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean ...

RANGE: Loggerhead sea turtles occur throughout the temperate and tropical waters of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. In the Atlantic Ocean, they range from Newfoundland to Argentina.

Three endangered green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) found in Pensacola Beach, Florida are heading to Gulfarium Marine Adventure Park in Fort Walton Beach. A member of the Escambia Turtle Patrol ...

Bangladeshi scientists are probing the deaths of more than 80 turtles found washed up on the beach over the past week, a ...

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 toddler life ...