Volunteers say patrols will be reduced at Padre Island National Seashore during Kemp's ridley sea turtle nesting season.

Leatherback turtles are expected to have another high nesting season, setting a record for the earliest nest recorded in Florida on Feb. 16. While sea turtle population numbers seem to be steadying as ...

For the world’s smallest sea turtles, life in the ocean is getting pretty noisy. These relatively little turtles (on average ...

Deep in the coastal woods of South Carolina, behind high fences, guard dogs, and security cameras, is a group of people who ...

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 ...

In 2017 a Loggerhead Turtle named Yoshi was released and traveled 22,000 miles to return to its nesting site in Japan. They found this out by putting a satellite tag on her back shell. Yoshi lived in ...

FORT MYERS, FL -- Sea turtles in Florida are emerging from their nests and heading to the ocean. Sanibel Captiva Conservation Foundation, which is one of the longest running sea turtle conservancy ...

A mama turtle has impressed researchers after making a rare 7,000-mile journey in seven months, swimming from the warm waters of Panama to the North Atlantic before returning to Florida. Riptide, a ...