Every year, hundreds of loggerheads, Kemp’s ridleys, greens, and other sea turtle species wash ashore on Massachusetts beaches, mostly along the coast of Cape Cod Bay. Stranding season peaks in late ...

Slow and steady wins the race. It’s a sentiment that has shadowed turtles for years, and perhaps, for good reason. Turtles are slow, but wise. Sea turtles, however, are nothing short of amazing. Sea ...

The turtle, named Porkchop, was rescued in March 2025 from tangled fishing line wrapped around its flipper, keeping it from swimming away.

When a hatching sea turtle first pokes its head above the sand and scrambles to the sea, a watching child might ask how the turtle knows where to go and how girl turtles know to come back one day to a ...

TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. — After spending nearly three months rehabilitating at The Florida Aquarium, a sea turtle made its way back into the Gulf waters. Beachgoers watched as Buckley waddled into the ...

1 in 1,000 turtle hatchlings are expected to survive after they're born. Sea turtles lay about 80 to 120 eggs. There are five Florida sea turtle species: Hawksbill, Kemp's ridley, Loggerhead, ...

GULF SHORES, Ala. (WKRG) — It’s day one of sea turtle nesting season, which means volunteers with Share the Beach are already on patrol. “We are looking for sea turtle tracks,” Share the Beach ...

A thirty-five-pound green sea turtle named Haven that spent the last six months in rehab at The Turtle Hospital in Marathon, Florida, finally got her chance to go home Friday. The 8-year-old ...

All six species of sea turtles found in U.S. waters are listed as endangered or threatened, but the exact population sizes of these species are unknown due to a lack of key information regarding birth ...

The ocean can be an extremely dangerous place, even for an animal that migrates through and rides its currents for decades. That’s why a single missing limb can spell disaster, despite an animal ...