"It's part of our culture, as Hawaiians, Kanaka, Pacific Islanders." ...

Kemp's ridley sea turtles are among the most endangered species of sea turtles in the world. They reside along the east and Gulf coasts of North America, alongside some of the world's most active ...

A sea turtle’s shell is living bone fused directly to its spine and ribs. It is not a detachable shield or an external case, ...

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 ...

Wildlife officials and a network of volunteers raced against the clock to rescue hundreds of "cold-stunned" sea turtles from the shallow waters of the Laguna Madre as plunging temperatures threatened ...

Sea turtles return to the same nesting sites year after year to grow their populations, but rising global temperatures have disrupted this ancient cycle. New research has found that two sea turtle ...

For two decades, Texas conservationists celebrated as the most endangered sea turtle in the world rebounded before their eyes. At Padre Island National Seashore, Donna Shaver, chief of the Division of ...

A turtle took its chances at a meal by striking a cornered pufferfish. Little did the turtle know that the pufferfish had ...

Audubon Aquarium Rescue is caring for 35 critically endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtles that were stranded along the New England coast after a severe cold spell last month. The turtles, the world’s ...

For the first time, visitors will be able to see rescued sea turtles as they go through rehabilitation at the aquarium in ...

Rock climbers in Italy stumbled across evidence of what appears to be a sea turtle stampede that took place nearly 80 million ...

Sea turtles are ectothermic, meaning they rely on their surrounding environment to regulate body temperature. When water ...