A sea turtle's shell is living bone fused directly to its spine and ribs. It is not a detachable shield or an external case, as certain quirky cartoons have shown. The shell grows with the turtle, ...

Kraken, a green sea turtle, is in recovery after a harrowing boat strike in Abu Dhabi.

Scuba Diving Snorkeling at Great Barrier Reef Cairns Port Douglas (Sea Turtle, Giant Clam, Hard Cora, Shark, School of Fish, Soft Coral, Great Visibility, Pufferfish)© Kitjapat Film/Shutterstock.com ...

MIAMI — Techniques developed to study the distant past—from dating ancient artifacts to reconstructing climate records in ice cores—are now being repurposed to better understand the lives of modern ...

Sea turtle trafficking is difficult to trace because eggs, shells, meat, and other products can move far from the nesting ...

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — A young sea turtle named Bugs is returning to the ocean on Wednesday after spending five months recovering at the Sea Turtle Healing Center at Brevard Zoo. The center ...

A green sea turtle is improving after being found stranded on a North Carolina beach with over 1 ½ pounds of barnacles and other organisms on its shell, seashore officials announced over the weekend.

"Earl Grey was confirmed to be ... the first hybrid sea turtle ever treated at the Georgia Sea Turtle Center." ...

Green sea turtles are protected under the Endangered Species Act. A photo recently posted on social media showing a sea turtle with its shell removed has led state officials to emphasize the proper ...

Today is *** day for celebrating. We are here at Sobella Aquarium at the Kansas City Zoo and Aquarium, and we are all about Tortellini today. Tortellini just got *** new harness put on her, um, and it ...

Sea turtles are protected by state and federal law in Hawaiʻi, and the best way to enjoy them is to give them space, stay at ...