In Texas, the alligator snapping turtle is a threatened species, which means they face high risk of extinction and are ...

The Satellite Tracking of Sea Turtles project, carried out by the Mersin University Sea Turtle Application and Research Center, involved equipping two green sea turtles, named "Mersin University ...

Leatherback sea turtle on a beach. By Herve06 via iStock for WMNF News. When sea turtles hatch, they rely on natural light like the moon’s reflection to find open water. The artificial lights coming ...

As sea turtle nesting season starts to heat up, any turtle mamas that make the trek up the Pritchards Island beach may encounter some extra obstacles. The rapidly eroding island owned by the ...

Sea turtle season doesn't start until May 1, but a female leatherback crawled onto Vanderbilt Beach and laid a nest, the first historic account of this massive species laying eggs on this beach.

Mote Marine Laboratory documented the first turtle nesting activity of the 2025 season on the Sarasota area shoreline on Saturday. Sea Turtle Patrol from Mote’s Sea Turtle Conservation and ...

A new study from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) – the organization most famous for their “Red List” of threatened species of animal, plant, and fungus around the ...

Kemp's ridley sea turtles, the most endangered sea turtle species, will nest on Texas beaches from April through mid-summer. Beach drivers on Padre Island National Seashore should be cautious ...

Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys kempii), 2 km south of Barra del ... Mexican Beaded Lizard (Heloderma horridum): Native to Mexico and Guatemala. Both lizards possess venomous glands in their ...

Researchers at New England Aquarium are using acoustic tags to track movements of loggerhead sea turtles that were rescued from Cape Cod beaches and rehabilitated at the aquarium's Sea Turtle ...

In its first iteration across the United States, turtle soup was typically made with green sea turtles, which lent the dish its signature viscous texture that turned gelatinous as it cooled.

Rhossi is a Kemp sea turtle that washed up on the shores of Anglesey in Wales at the end of 2023. The turtle was injured but was slowly nursed back to health thanks to taxpayer money from the ...