As endangered sea turtles return to local waters, a carcass on Martha's Vineyard shore serves as a reminder for boaters to keep watch, advocates say.

In Antalya, two loggerhead sea turtles (caretta carettas) named 'Flora' and 'Fauna' were released into the sea under the ...

Endangered sea turtles show signs of recovery in a majority of places where they’re found worldwide, according to a new global survey released Thursday. “Many of the turtle populations have ...

Dilly Dally, a loggerhead turtle who survived a run-in with a predator that ultimately cost her a flipper, has been ...

Leatherback turtles, in particular, remain under severe threat. The survey analyzed 48 distinct sea turtle populations worldwide and found that those in the Atlantic Ocean are generally faring ...

And those turtles are “protected under what may be the toughest environmental ... (Related: Where are all the male sea turtles going?) They outlasted the dinosaurs, but “no turtle has time ...

Endangered sea turtles show signs of recovery in a majority of places where they’re found worldwide, according to a new global survey released Thursday. “Many of the turtle populations have ...

I t’s a balmy night on a tropical beach, and under a sky shimmering with stars, a silent, ancient ritual unfolds. A female sea turtle hauls her heavy body from the surf, her flippers flinging ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Each year, in late spring and early summer, female sea turtles will crawl out ...

Sea turtle eggs take around 60 days to incubate after they’re laid, and when the young turtles hatch they try to make their way into the Gulf under the cover of darkness. Lost sea turtle nests ...

Sea turtles were protected under the U.S. Endangered Species Act of 1973, and Mexico banned all captures of sea turtles in 1990. But it took a few decades for the results of these actions ...