While all other sea turtles have hard, bony shells, the inky-blue carapace of the leatherback is somewhat flexible and almost rubbery to the touch. Ridges along the carapace help give it a more ...

Two members from the Newquay Blue Reef Aquarium and Anglesey Sea Zoo rescued the turtles and nursed them back to health. Once ...

The green turtle is a large, weighty sea turtle with a wide, smooth carapace, or shell. It inhabits tropical and subtropical coastal waters around the world and has been observed clambering onto ...

Humans aren’t the only ones heading home in time for Thanksgiving. Gulf World Marine Institute staff members released King George into the Gulf at Inlet Beach Tuesday morning. The sub-adult loggerhead ...

Aquarium Celebrates 43 Sea Turtles Released This Year, Surpassing Previous Record of 39 After nearly 25 years of rescuing, ...

The Kemp's ridley sea turtle apparently was carried away by currents until it was found and returned to Houston and its ...

Two passersby encountered a “mystery” on a rural dirt road — an endangered sea creature over a mile from the water in Florida ...