All three sea turtle species have laid "astounding nesting numbers," officials said in a Sept. 18 news release.

What began as a family fishing trip along a river in south Alabama has turned into one of the most significant ...

“When we came across that, we all just kind of stared at each other for a minute, like ‘This is it,’” said Adrienne Coleman, ...

"The turtle shell, which is roughly 4 feet long and 3 feet across, represents a new genus and species of leatherback sea ...

An Alabama family was hunting for fossils when they discovered a huge, fossilized turtle shell on the bank of a river.

In Florida, large mats of sargassum are increasingly washing ashore, creating another obstacle for loggerhead, leatherback ...

A routine fishing trip on the Alabama River turned extraordinary when a family spotted what would become a scientific ...

At the National Museum of the Philippines (NMP) in Cebu, a preserved leatherback sea turtle named Chelo is set to become both an exhibit and a symbol of marine conservation.

A leatherback turtle died after getting caught up in a fishing pot line, a wildlife trust has said. The stranded turtle at Porthleven Beach was reported to Cornwall Wildlife Trust on Wednesday, but it ...

A family fishing trip in south Alabama led to the discovery of a 32-million-year-old leatherback sea turtle fossil, marking a ...

For years, the Coleman family's fishing trips on the Alabama Gulf Coast were routine. But in 2021, their outing near a ...

The Coleman family discovers a 32-million-year-old leatherback sea turtle fossil during a family fishing trip near Jackson, Alabama.