Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jorge, a 60-year-old, 220-pound loggerhead turtle, is a unique case of an animal who spent so long in captivity, yet managed to ...

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After a rare February cold snap turned Florida’s usually balmy waters into a chilly shock, Clearwater Marine Aquarium staff are hustling to nurse several sea turtles back to health. The reptiles ...

Volunteers say patrols will be reduced at Padre Island National Seashore during Kemp's ridley sea turtle nesting season.

New research is revealing that baby sea turtles do not simply drift on ocean currents during their first epic journey. Instead, they carry a built‑in magnetic sense that lets them read Earth’s field ...

The lab says they've received their first round of turtles, and they expect more than 1,000 will need care in the coming days as water temperatures drop below 50 degrees.

DJ, a loggerhead sea turtle, is exploring the ocean after 14 years of rehabilitation.

A rock face on the Monte Conero anticline holds many paddle-like footprint tracks packed together on one surface, likely made by sea turtles.

Leatherback turtles are expected to have another high nesting season, setting a record for the earliest nest recorded in Florida on Feb. 16. While sea turtle population numbers seem to be steadying as ...