The ocean can be an extremely dangerous place, even for an animal that migrates through and rides its currents for decades. That’s why a single missing limb can spell disaster, despite an animal ...

Staff at the Aquarium of the Pacific are rehabilitating a 50-pound loggerhead sea turtle that was recently rescued — with hopes of eventually returning it to the wild. The turtle, estimated to be ...

Discover The Palm Beaches (DTPB), the tourism marketing organization for Palm Beach County, announced the destination has received designation as the Sea Turtle Capital of Florida(TM), highlighting ...

Scientists in Mexico are investigating the deaths of hundreds of loggerhead sea turtles in recent years, a species considered at risk of extinction in the wild, according to officials. The Latin ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jorge, a 60-year-old, 220-pound loggerhead turtle, is a unique case of an animal who spent so long in captivity, yet managed to ...

Trail cameras on the Chandeleur Islands off Louisiana's eastern coast captured footage of more than 60 tiny, endangered loggerhead turtle hatchlings emerging from two sandy nests in August and ...

Dilly Dally, a loggerhead turtle who survived a run-in with a predator that ultimately cost her a front flipper, has been released from a Florida animal hospital back into the Atlantic Ocean. "No ...

From fragile barrier islands to bustling beaches, these ancient mariners face threats from predators, development, plastics, and fishing gear, yet their story is also one of resilience. All sea turtle ...

CHARLESTON S.C. (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday designated 685 miles (1,100 km) of beaches from Mississippi to North Carolina and 300,000 square miles (777,000 sq km) of ocean off the Gulf ...

Loggerhead sea turtles are a common sight on Gulf coast beaches during their nesting season. Sea turtle nesting season in the area runs from May 1 through Oct. 31. Female loggerheads typically return ...

The turtles are back at Chandeleur Islands. And that’s great news not only for the endangered reptiles but for Louisiana’s endangered coast and the people who live near it. This summer, cameras on the ...