Of the world's seven types of sea turtles, the loggerhead, white, hawksbill and leatherback species especially thrive in warm, Caribbean waters. As home to more than half of the world's endangered sea ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium’s Sea Turtle Conservation and Research Program documented the first local turtle activity of ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The ATV motored its way along the beach, with the eyes of one volunteer and one paid employee scouting for turtles or turtle tracks or turtle nests. Erica Sertl says it has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jacksonville University has launched the Turtle Research and Conservation Initiative (TRCI), a new comprehensive program designed ...

After decades of protection, green sea turtles are rebounding and no longer classified as endangered on the global Red List ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Senator John Cornyn has sent word to Nueces County officials that the Turtle Science and Recovery Program at the Padre Island National Seashore is not going to have its budget ...

Citizen science is ripe with benefits. Programs can involve hundreds, sometimes thousands, of volunteers who collect reliable, long-term and geographically widespread data. These people donate their ...

CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD)—The peak of sea turtle season happens in July, when some are getting ready to hatch and others ...

A daring sea turtle recovery mission in Australia was just the latest in a long list of sea turtle rescues.

For decades, the public releases of baby Kemp’s ridley turtles at the Padre Island National Seashore have been one of the most popular summer rituals of the Texas Gulf Coast. The feel-good sendoffs on ...

For turtles that grow up in the sea, or in our ponds and swamps, early childhood is often when they're the most vulnerable. They're small, inexperienced, and at the mercy of cars and animal predators.