Around the world, many conservationists are celebrating increases in sea turtle population growth. Cape Verde in West Africa now has 100 times as many loggerhead turtle nests each year as there were ...

Padre Island National Seashore is reducing volunteer patrols for the upcoming Kemp's ridley sea turtle nesting season. Volunteers and community members have expressed concern that fewer nests will be ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. For the world’s smallest sea turtles, life in the ocean is ...

The Turtle Survival Center, run by the Turtle Survival Alliance, exists to buy time for species that no longer have much of it. Founded in 2013 in South Carolina, the center functions as a ...

Kemp's ridley sea turtles are among the most endangered species of sea turtles in the world. They reside along the east and Gulf coasts of North America, alongside some of the world's most active ...

Without official explanation from Padre Island National Seashore, community members are left to speculate about the reasoning behind the volunteer reduction. Italy launches investigation as newly ...

“It’s definitely always very gratifying to see these animals go back into their ocean home,” said Dr. Heather Barron with the Loggerhead Marinelife Center Loggerhead Marinelife Center/Facebook The ...

The public can now see rescued green sea turtles at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach thanks to a newly built area dedicated to their rehabilitation. And for now, that includes the famous ...

A rescue crew member holds a cold-stunned turtle. Ahead of this weekend's potential winter weather, sea turtle patrol groups with the Gulf Center for Sea Turtle Research are gathering totes, towels ...

Scientists have been closely monitoring a map turtle population after 10 percent died in 2022. They found a surprising culprit, and are left concerned for the future. A female northern map turtle ...

Freshwater extinctions rarely happen overnight, especially in a habitat as large as the Yangtze River. However, it’s still possible for a species to dwindle, and dwindle enough so that only a few ...

The V.I. National Park Sea Turtle Program, run by Friends of Virgin Islands National Park, has been cataloging underwater photographs of sea turtles, and a paper on their research has been published ...