Sea turtles are capable of creating GPS-like magnetic maps to guide them back to foraging grounds, and they do a little dance ...

Loggerhead turtles “dance” when exposed to food-associated magnetic fields, and their magnetic map may help them return to ...

Sea turtles have long mystified researchers by returning to beaches where they were hatched, magnetic signals may be the key, ...

Researchers set out to catch baby turtles in the Gulf of Mexico to tag them and learn more about where they go when they scurry to the sea after hatching.

Enjoy the laid-back atmosphere of this little-known Florida island boasting pristine white sand beaches and delicious yet ...

An American crodocile, certainly a female, has likely been around Sanibel island, Florida for several years. Another arrived ...

"With some cold weather a few weeks ago up in the Panhandle, they got over 1,000 turtles that stranded within just a few days," said the Clearwater Marine Aquarium's Kelly McNally.

Did you know that many animals have much longer lifespans than humans? Greenland sharks, bowhead whales, koi, and red sea urchins may all live hundreds of years. A clam called the ocean quahog has ...

Five hundred years after the Spanish explorers, billionaires' dreams of new riches and discovery launched from near Canaveral ...

Eventually the GPS tags slough off because “the outside of a young turtle’s shell sheds as they grow very quickly,” said ...

Floridians love manatees. The marine animals, lovingly known as "sea cows" or "gentle giants," spend the winters swimming in rivers, bays, canals, estuaries and coastal areas from Nov. 15 to March 31.