Slow and steady wins the race. It’s a sentiment that has shadowed turtles for years, and perhaps, for good reason. Turtles are slow, but wise. Sea turtles, however, are nothing short of amazing. Sea ...

MARATHON, FLA. (WSVN) - A sea turtle hatchling was recovered and released into the wild in the Florida Keys. Liberty, a leatherback sea turtle, had an injured flipper that wasn’t allowing her to swim ...

A leatherback sea turtle is swimming free after finding itself in a twisted situation. "Phinney" was freed by some helpful humans from a tangle of fishing gear in Cape Cod Bay. Now, the six-foot-long, ...

ISLE OF PALMS, S.C. – A rare 475-pound endangered leatherback sea turtle found stranded on a South Carolina beach was released into the ocean on Thursday following five days of treatment at the South ...

In a doubly rare discovery, eggs from large, jellyfish-eating sea creatures were found on an Outer Banks beach in North Carolina. One nest is uncommon enough, but for the first time since ...

Tuesday, June 20 was a happy day on North Carolina’s Outer Banks for conservationists and animal-lovers. A routine check on Ocracoke Island revealed a leatherback sea turtle nest filled with more than ...

A leatherback sea turtle was spotted on New Smyrna Beach, marking the earliest recorded sea turtle nest on County-managed beaches. Although sea turtle nesting season officially starts on May 1 in ...

Everything about the discovery of a fossilized leatherback sea turtle in Alabama four years ago is fascinating. The findings of the never-before studied species were published in a study Friday, ...