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 ...

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 ...

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 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.