A tracking study of two species of sea turtles that nest in the Red Sea revealed the importance of foraging areas and ...

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 ...

Sea turtles have been around for millions of years. They are a hardy species that not only survived but thrived after the last mass extinction event. Today, however, many of the remaining seven ...

Scientists in Georgia are using DNA from one egg per sea turtle nest to track ancestry and migration patterns. Human activities, such as leaving trash on beaches and disturbing nests, can negatively ...

Requiem’s flapping flippers almost sounded like bird wings fluttering as Morgan Flannagan, a Georgia Sea Turtle Center hospital technician, pulled the green sea turtle from a rehabilitation tank.

Powerful waves have destroyed turtle nests as the storm moved up the coast. As Hurricane Erin churned off the North Carolina coast this week, its powerful waves destroyed most of the remaining sea ...

Two sea turtles, Ariel and Moana, were released into the ocean with tracking devices as part of the annual Tour de Turtles competition. The turtles were released near Disney's Vero Beach Resort, a key ...

Conservation organizations are employing Cabo Verdeans, who formerly hunted endangered and threatened sea turtles, as rangers who now monitor and patrol beaches. From 2007-24, illegal catches of ...