Once a sea turtle hunter, Joaquim Avelino Fragoso now patrols Angola’s Longa estuary to protect the very creatures he once ...

The ocean is awash with plastic— more than 171 trillion pieces, scientists have estimated, and growing all the time. Animals ...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Here on the Suncoast, there are two main species of sea turtles that nest on our beaches... The ...

Fragments of rubber balloons, plastic bags and fishing line can cause fatal blockages and injuries in sea turtles, seabirds ...

There are seven species of sea turtle alive today, and they are found in oceans all over the world except the Arctic. Many of them travel thousands of miles between the areas where they forage for ...

As of June 13, nearly 940 sea turtle nests had been identified along Georgia’s coast. One egg from each of those nests has been split open and emptied into a test tube. All that data contributes to ...

This year saw more 1,366 more sea turtle nests on local beaches than last year, including some incubating into November.

The Georgia Sea Turtle Center, the only facility of its kind in the state, has been dedicated to rehabilitating injured sea ...

Mote Marine Laboratory said it's a record year for sea turtle hatchlings, and they've been keeping track for 43 years.

JUNO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — An adolescent loggerhead sea turtle named Dilly Dally crawled into the Atlantic Ocean Wednesday morning, months after having a front flipper amputated at a Florida turtle ...

Florida's beaches—particularly those in Palm Beach County—are among the world's most vital nesting grounds for loggerhead sea ...