The green turtle is a large, weighty sea turtle with a wide, smooth carapace, or shell. It inhabits tropical and subtropical coastal waters around the world and has been observed clambering onto ...

There are seven species of sea turtle: leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea), loggerhead (Caretta caretta), green turtle (Chelonia mydas), flatback (Natator depressus), hawksbill (Eretmochelys ...

Across Georgia's 15 barrier islands, sea turtle conservation efforts appear to be paying off. Here's a look at a few of them.

The last time a green sea turtle nest was found on a beach in North Pinellas was 2010. To stream 10 Tampa Bay on your phone, you need the 10 Tampa Bay app. Download the 10 Tampa Bay app ...

Green sea turtles can hold their breath for hours at a time and swim at speeds of up to 56 kph. Although baby green sea turtles are only about five centimetres long, adults can grow as large as 1. ...

Jaguar with its marine turtle prey. Photo by: Benjamin Barca. At first, an encounter between a jaguar (Panthera onca) and a green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) seems improbable, even ridiculous, but ...

Why can’t sea turtles pull back into their shell? I was at the St. Louis Zoo, and they said tortoises and other turtles can pull back into their shells.

Tortoises are turtles that live on land and aren't equipped for water. A green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas , an endangered species, swims over a southern Caribbean reef. Photograph by George Grall ...

with just five or 10 green turtle nests in one year, Cohen said. Brevard County, where Space Coast is located, is unique because it contains 24 miles of unpopulated coast, much of it on federally ...