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As spring brings warmer air and warmer waters to the Grand Strand, it's also bringing sea turtles of all ages closer to the shore.Sea Turtle nesting season in S ...

Research on microplastics is still ongoing — but what we know so far is deeply troubling. Researchers uncover alarming issue ...

"However, further studies are required to more broadly assess the biological and health impacts of microplastic on sea turtle reproduction." More information: Leah Costello et al, Microplastics ...

Mumbai: The turtle, which was tagged in Odisha on the eastern coast and was found nesting on the western Konkan coast, has ...

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 ...

A recent survey shows that endangered sea turtles are recovering. © Simonverhamme, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons ...

This is the first study to offer direct evidence that microplastics can travel from the gut to other parts of the body in sea turtles. The findings suggest that these particles don’t just pass through ...

Endangered sea turtles show signs of recovery in a majority of places where they’re found worldwide, according to a new global survey released Thursday. “Many of the turtle populations have ...

These are loggerhead sea turtles, and for years their numbers have been in decline. In fact, according to the Center for Biological Diversity, there may be only around 50,000 of them left in the wild.