A stranded loggerhead sea turtle was given a second chance after two beachgoers found it overturned on the sand and stepped ...

A beach run in Brevard County, Florida, became a turtle rescue when resident Sage Lajoie came across a nesting sea turtle ...

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A group of beachgoers enjoying a close encounter with a sea turtle got more excitement than they bargained for. The video shows two women standing in shallow, crystal-clear waters as they attempt to ...

They've roamed the oceans for more than 100 million years, outlasted the dinosaurs, and can dive nearly 4,000 feet deep — and yet, somehow, sea turtles are still wildly underappreciated. Today, in ...

“Pull! Pull!” shouts Scott Dexter, chanting the cadence for eight men gripping a rope. “Pull!” With each pull, a 172-pound male loggerhead sea turtle is hoisted higher into the air. It takes several ...

Diamond, a 220-pound loggerhead sea turtle, was joined by scores of enthusiastic onlookers as he marched back into the sea Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center/Facebook Diamond, a 220-pound ...

A long-planned sea turtle hospital on the Texas coast is finally moving toward construction. Galveston's Gulf Center for Sea Turtle Research is expected to break ground in November 2026 on a new sea ...

As measures to protect sea turtles ebb and flow, the turtle’s “lost years” spent out at sea after they hatch on beaches along Florida and around the tropics have remained a tricky factor in ...

Mote Marine Laboratory's Sea Turtle Conservation and Research Program (STCRP) has documented the first local sea turtle activity of the 2026 season. This morning, STCRP’s Sea Turtle Patrol reported ...

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Sea turtles and shorebirds are returning to North Carolina beaches for nesting season. Artificial lighting is the greatest threat to sea turtles, disorienting both nesting mothers and hatchlings.