Green sea turtles may be running out of males, as the effects of rising temperatures and pollutants are making them hatch mostly female. This endangered species has seen some beaches where over 99 ...
In the chilly months off Cape Cod Bay, sea turtles face perilous cold stunning, but Mystic Aquarium's dedicated rescue team ...
HILTON HEAD — It’s sea turtle nesting and hatching season in South Carolina, a stretch that lasts from May to October. Along the Palmetto State coast, groups of volunteers partnering with the state ...
The story of this spring has been the weather, specifically, the rain that just keeps falling. Add in the new arrival of the hazy smoke blowing south from Canadian wildfires and you’ve got a soggy, ...
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) - June 16th is World Sea Turtle Day. These amazing creatures have been swimming in our oceans for over 100 million years! But six of the world’s seven sea turtle ...
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 ...
Turtle conservationists in Ontario, Canada, are working overtime this nesting season to shield turtle hatchlings from the impact of hotter temperatures and habitat loss, among other environmental ...
PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - Turtle nesting season is in full swing, but so is beach season meeting that the areas these turtles’ nest on are busier than usual. Turtle watch patrols the beaches ...
Imagine that your body is 10 times the size of your limbs. Each of your four legs are short, thick, round and tipped with long narrow claws. Your body is also your home that you carry around with you ...
Nickel, a green sea turtle rescued near Goodland, Fla., swims the waters of the Shedd Aquarium’s Caribbean Reef exhibit in 2003. (Chris Walker/Chicago Tribune/TNS) MIAMI — Each March, sea turtle ...