The green turtle is a large, weighty sea turtle with a wide, smooth carapace, or shell. It inhabits tropical ... to lay their eggs. They dig a pit in the sand with their flippers, fill it with ...

Each year, mama sea turtles make their way to our coast to lay eggs. You can help the mother sea turtles and their hatchlings by filling in your holes in the sand, picking up trash, and taking all ...

While all other sea turtles have hard, bony shells, the inky-blue carapace of ... depositing around 80 eggs, filling the nest, leaving a large, disturbed area of sand that makes detection by ...

Six of the seven sea turtle species are endangered because of myriad factors including climate change, poaching, and habitat destruction. Moving turtle eggs from beaches into hatcheries is a common ...

Humans are one of the most voracious predators of sea turtles, and a number of turtle species are sought for their meat, fat, oil, eggs, skin or shells. Over many centuries, widespread and ...

Each year, threatened sea turtle mothers return to Fort Myers Beach out of natural maternal instinct to crawl onto the beach ...

A loggerhead turtle whose left fin was destroyed in a shark attack is rehabbing at Zoo Miami’s new Sea Turtle Hospital, where veterinarians were able to save more than 100 of her eggs after ...

Working together in the first moments of life makes it easier for olive ridley sea ... egg,” she says. The baby turtles appeared to be communicating with each other while still inside their shells.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is coloring sea turtle eggs. Researchers say the colored eggs are a way to collect data on hatchlings, with the goal being to figure out ...

When we picture sea turtles in the wild, it’s easy to envision them as armored warriors – their hard, resilient shells serving as near-impenetrable shields against oceanic threats like sharks. These ...

Stung by past failures to prepare for hurricanes, the Mexican government on Wednesday began evacuating even sea turtle eggs from beaches ahead of Hurricane Beryl.