There are seven species of sea turtle in the world, which includes six hardshell species: the hawksbill, olive ridley, Kemp’s ridley, green, loggerhead, and flatback. The final and largest species is ...

When we picture sea turtles in the wild, it's easy to envision them as armored warriors—their hard, resilient shells serving ...

Lenny, a 322-pound loggerhead turtle, was found off the Florida Keys struggling to swim and with visible wounds.

Once on the verge of extinction due to decades of rampant exploitation, the black sea turtle is making a comeback. Here's how ...

Each year, in late spring and early summer, female sea turtles will crawl out of the ocean under moonlight to lay their eggs in the sand, often returning to the same beach on which they were born ...

A giant leatherback sea turtle got a personal escort back to the open ocean after taking a wrong turn into boat traffic.

Now consider a deadly activity that’s taking place on some of Costa Rica’s wildest beaches. As olive ridley and other species of sea turtles are slowly making their way from the sea onto the sandy ...

STAFF from the Johnny Morris Sea Turtle Center in Springfield, Missouri, release 19 loggerhead and Kemp’s ridley turtles that had been rehabilitating on March 26 off Jacksonville, Florida.

Juvenile green sea turtles Croissant, Eggs, Hydrangea, Marmalade and Snowdrop all underwent rehabilitation at the aquarium after being initially admitted for cold stunning. Cold-stunned sea ...