Weighing up to 700 pounds green turtles are among the largest sea turtles in the world. Their proportionally small head, which is nonretractable, extends from a heart-shaped carapace that measures ...

New research from Padre Island National Seashore highlights the toll that ingesting plastic is taking on green sea turtles ... and rehabilitate live turtles and otherwise dissect or at least collect ...

So a few animals retain primitive systems with the sole purpose of measuring ambient light—of which the most unusual is the leatherback sea turtle ... eye on the top of their head to measure ...

BOCA RATON, Fla. — In a heartwarming story of resilience, Banjo, a juvenile green sea turtle, is on the mend after a dramatic rescue that captured the hearts of many. Found entangled in fishing ...

In case you missed it: 20 cold-stunned juvenile green turtles are patients at Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium Loggerhead sea turtles are a threatened species protected under the U.S. Endangered ...

The Sea Turtle Patrol of Hilton Head spotted a sea turtle nest in Sea Pines Wednesday, marking the first nest of the season ...