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 ...

Sea turtles have been around for millions of years. They are a hardy species that not only survived but thrived after the last mass extinction event. Today, however, many of the remaining seven ...

A rare and endangered leatherback sea turtle has been found washed up on a beach, with wildlife officers unsure what caused its death. The Australian Registry of Wildlife Health, a research program, ...

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 ...

Sunday, June 8 is World Oceans Day and we’re going to look at California’s state sea reptile as well as other turtles in our waters. One or more of the seven species of sea turtles can be found in ...

For most sea turtles, the journey to find the ocean from their nests is pretty straightforward. However, leatherback hatchlings more often crawl around in circles trying to find the ocean. Circling ...

1 in 1,000 turtle hatchlings are expected to survive after they're born. Sea turtles lay about 80 to 120 eggs. There are five Florida sea turtle species: Hawksbill, Kemp's ridley, Loggerhead, ...

PENSACOLA BEACH, Fla. (WKRG) — Escambia County announced that a leatherback turtle nest hatched on Pensacola Beach for the first time in over 20 years. Approximately 60 leatherback hatchlings made ...

Leatherback turtles are highly vulnerable to getting entangled in lobster pot fishing gear off the coast of Massachusetts. A new study now shows that they can largely survive these entanglements — if ...