Three species of sea turtles are regularly observed in the Red Sea, which is an inlet of the Indian Ocean: hawksbills, greens ...

Shell Week will run from June 8th to June 16th, and to commemorate the week, the Royal Carribean Group and World Wildlife Fund have created a bracket-style tournament to name the most popular sea ...

Conservation group sues the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service over lack of protection for the Rio Grande cooter, a turtle.

The rewilding of 50 captive-bred spotted softshell turtles has sparked hope among conservationists for the future of the rare and threatened species in Vietnam, a country where softshell turtles are ...

A baby green turtle (left) and a baby loggerhead (right), excavated by conservationists in Florida. Each March, sea turtle nesting season begins with the females’ slow yet determined scooch onto ...

Scientists in Georgia are using DNA from one egg per sea turtle nest to track ancestry and migration patterns. Human activities, such as leaving trash on beaches and disturbing nests, can negatively ...

Bill Streever, author of “Cold,” “Heat” and other science-related books, is a biologist who splits his time between Alaska and sailboat cruising in warmer waters. When the coronavirus pandemic hit in ...

State lawmakers this week advanced a proposal to make the Eastern box turtle Pennsylvania’s official reptile. The House Game and Fisheries Committee on Tuesday voted without dissent to send the ...

Missouri (KOAM) — Peanut the conservation turtle turns 41! Her shell was transformed into the shape it is by litter, a cast-off plastic six-pack ring. Missouri Dept Conservation (MDC) have given ...

As recently as August 2024, researchers in Greece documented the non-native Chinese stripe‑necked turtle (Mauremys sinensis) on the island of Lesbos during fieldwork, finding three adults co-occurring ...

The global population of green turtles has increased approximately 28% since the 1970s, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature Getty Green sea turtles are no longer endangered ...

JEKYLL ISLAND, Ga. — The largest sea turtle release in Georgia's history happened in Jekyll Island on Wednesday, after 34 turtles spent months receiving treatment. The group of 33 Kemp's ridley sea ...