This story appears in the October 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. To see all that’s hopeful and appalling about the way we treat sea turtles, there’s no better place to start than ...

Winter has its moments—hot chocolate, cozy fires, and snow-covered landscapes that look straight out of a Hallmark movie. But ...

Chesney issued a news release on Jan. 24 alleging that the Padre Island National Seashore “shut down and went home” while others worked to save sea turtles. Chesney said during a phone call ...

Padre Island National Seashore, Nueces County, Mid-Coast Sea Turtle Rescue, the Amos Rehabilitation Keep, the Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network, and numerous volunteers coordinated to save many ...

For decades, scientists have wondered about what happens during the so-called lost years between when tiny hatchlings leave ...

Twenty cold-stunned juvenile green turtles rescued from the frigid waters off Florida’s east coast are receiving care at Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium’s Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Hospital.

The Tamil Nadu Fisheries Department has informed the Southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal ... fishing within five nautical miles of sea turtle nesting sites during the breeding season ...

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