Less than two weeks after being rescued off the Florida Keys, a giant loggerhead turtle is back where he belongs thanks to a local underwater photographer and the staff at ...

A new study finds microplastics in nearly every organ of stranded sea turtles, including their reproductive systems.

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

West Philippine Sea is the name given by an administrative order (AO) of then President Benigno Aquino III to Philippine territorial waters west of the country. Aquino’s AO said West Philippine Sea ...

Park rangers say at least 84 gopher tortoises are now living at Fort de Soto Park near St. Petersburg. Prior to Hurricane ...

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

Martin told me she would army crawl up to the turtles on the sand and dab around their eyes with a foam swab, soaking up the ...

Kelly Olson and Katie O’Halloran will soon launch TurtlTracker, an app that uses artificial intelligence to track turtle ...

A roughly 100-year-old western Santa Cruz Galápagos tortoise has become a mom for the first time after reproducing with a ...

Are you dreaming of a memorable Costa Rica family vacation? Here are the 20 best things to do on trips to Costa Rica for ...

Apr. 8, 2025 — About 66 million years ago, an asteroid slammed into the planet, wiping out all non-avian dinosaurs and about 70% of all marine species. But the crater it left behind in the Gulf ...