Sea turtles have been around in some form for more than 100 million years, weathering ice ages and even the extinction of the dinosaurs. They may have developed lots of coping mechanisms.

There are seven species of sea turtle alive today, and they are found in oceans all over the world except the Arctic. Many of ...

Off the coast of Western Australia and in partnership with Uunguu Rangers, we’re monitoring the impact of warmer temperatures ...

Having evaluated 48 populations of six sea turtle species around the world, and examining the state of their habitats, threats, conservation capacity, and so on, the results are in: if you’re a ...

Finally, some good news: endangered sea turtles are recovering because ome conservation efforts seem to be working. A paper published earlier this month in Inter-Research Science Publisher reveals ...

Most sea turtle populations are rebounding around the world, researchers said this week. That promising news comes even amid continuing man-made threats to the beloved marine reptiles, including ...

Other species such as loggerhead turtles, flatback turtles, olive ridley turtles, and leatherback turtles have also been implicated in cases of chelonitoxism.

6. A home movie solved a sea turtle nesting mystery. For decades, scientists had no idea where Kemp’s ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys kempii) nested. Then, at the 1961 meeting of the American ...

Flatback turtles live in the tropical waters of northern Australia and are listed as vulnerable to extinction, and while crocodiles are one of their biggest predators, it's not their greatest threat.

More recently, researchers compiled one of the world's largest single-species satellite tracking datasets, specifically for flatback turtles, endemic to northern Australia and classified as ...

In early June 2024, Donna Shello, an adult female leatherback turtle, was hanging out on a sandy beach along the Caribbean coast of Panama. After laying about 80 eggs, and with a satellite ...

Marine turtles spend almost their entire lives at sea – but little is known about the paths they take. Now, satellites are helping scientists map their movements.