The sea creature arrived at San Diego's Birch Aquarium in 2014 Ingrid Vasquez is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE. She graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor in Journalism.

MIAMI (CBSMiami) – U.S. Customs and Border Protection, along with U.S. Fish and Wildlife, have seized a huge shipment of endangered sea turtle shells at Miami International Airport. The shipment was ...

Radiocarbon dating of atomic bomb fallout found in sea turtle shells can be used to reliably estimate the ages, growth rates and reproductive maturity of sea turtle populations in the wild, according ...

JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. – Officials are searching for two men who reportedly removed the shell of a sea turtle that had washed ashore on June 8 in Jacksonville Beach, the Florida Fish and Wildlife ...

A 260 million-year-old fossil has been determined to be the oldest ancestor of turtles found to date, revealing something about the reptile's mysterious past. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, ...

Green sea turtles are protected under the Endangered Species Act. A photo recently posted on social media showing a sea turtle with its shell removed has led state officials to emphasize the proper ...

Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital has seen a surge of green sea turtles needing treatment for a mysterious disease that appears to "melt" their shells, causing lesions and open wounds on their shells ...

MARATHON, Fla. (AP) – A dentist used denture repair adhesive to help mend an endangered green sea turtle’s fractured shell in the Florida Keys. On Thursday, Fred Troxel examined Elena, a 40-pound ...

A man could be seen grabbing and propping up a Hawaiian green sea turtle in a video shared to TikTok, sparking outrage for ...