Though the sea turtles take abundant precaution in choosing their nesting sites by arriving on beaches during full moon ...

The sheriff's office said its Marine Unit, alongside the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), ...

The Martin County Sheriff's Office and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission rescued a massive leatherback ...

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 ...

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 ...

But after some much needed time at The Turtle Hospital, it was all smiles as Lenny was brought back to the water. NBC News’ George Solis reports from the reef. IE 11 is not supported.

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 ...

There are seven extant species of sea turtles- leatherback, hawksbill, olive ridley, Kemp’s ridley, green, loggerhead, and flatback. Sea turtles are found in every ocean around the world, except for ...

Keepers took the eggs and placed them in an artificial incubator. Like most tortoises and turtles, the sex of hatchling Galápagos tortoises is determined by the temperature at which eggs are ...