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Loggerhead Sea Turtles Set Another Nesting Record in Georgia
What a difference a decade of conservation can make.
In 2004, the number of loggerhead sea turtle nests on Georgia’s barrier island beaches, a prime...
Not Seen for 100 Years “Royal Turtles” Crawl Back from Extinction in Asia
14 years ago, conservationists were overjoyed to come across three “royal turtle” nests. The 3–5 females and their mates and offspring were believed to...
After Year of Rehab, Sea Turtle Returns to Ocean Under a Rainbow (WATCH)
Even the sky seemed to be smiling as a loggerhead sea turtle returned to the ocean after 14 months of rehabilitation.
As she crawled across...
Another Record Year for Sea Turtles in Florida
Leatherback turtle nesting reached a new record this year in Florida while the number of loggerhead sea turtle nests remained high, according to Fish...
Police Rescue Giant Sea Turtle From Car’s Trunk
After a shootout and high-speed chase (both initiated by the suspects), Costa Rican police found a giant endangered leatherback turtle in the trunk of...
Diver Saves Turtle From Fishing Tangle, is Repaid With Affection
Divers off the coast of Mexico saved a sea turtle that likely had been entangled in rope for many months.
Colin Sutton & Cameron Dietrich...
US Declares 88 Beaches as ‘Critical Habitat’ for Loggerhead Sea Turtles
Almost half of the US coastline from North Carolina to Mississippi has just been designated as critical habitat for threatened loggerhead sea turtles of the...
City Helps Turtles Cross the Road
They have survived ice ages, asteroid collisions and what the 19th century naturalist George Perkins Marsh called the “destructive agency of man,” but turtles...
U.S. Navy Warship Stops To Help Out Tangled Turtles
Crew members aboard the navy warship USS Rentz recently traded in their anti-organized crime hats to become wildlife protectors for a few hours and...
Florida Sea Turtle Owes Its Health to Denture Glue
A turtle rehab center in Florida turned to an unlikely substance to repair a sea turtle’s fractured shell: denture glue.
A turtle left with a...
Endangered Sea Turtles Nesting at Record Levels on Florida Beaches
Endangered sea turtles are nesting in record numbers along the southeast Atlantic Coast this summer, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said on Friday....
Florida Cop Rescues 90 Wandering Sea Turtle Hatchlings
Sarasota police officers not only serve humans but also serve and protect animals. On patrol over the weekend, while Officer Derek Conley was stopped...
A Human Corral Leads Baby Turtles to the Ocean
400 volunteers on the Caribbean island of Bonair ensure that each year the endangered loggerhead sea turtles hatching on the beaches make it safely...
Endangered Green Sea Turtles Make Comeback
In one of nature's best comeback stories, endangered green sea turtles have multiplied in Florida during the past two decades and are now thriving...
739 Miles of U.S. Beaches Protected for Loggerhead Sea Turtles
After five years of delay, the federal government today finally proposed the protection of more than 739 miles of critical habitat for threatened loggerhead...
October Hatching of Endangered Turtle Delights Tennessee Aquarium
A tiny new face has herpetologists smiling as the Tennessee Aquarium celebrates its first successful hatching of an endangered keeled box turtle. Unlike other...
Leatherback Sea Turtles Granted Protection Along U.S. West Coast
A major decision to protect feeding hotspots for endangered leatherback sea turtles off the shores of Washington, Oregon and California was finalized last week...
Bumper Crop of Kemps Turtles is Encouraging, Relocation Efforts in Gulf a Success
Kemp's Ridley sea turtles are considered the most endangered sea turtle in the world, and are exceedingly rare visitors on North Carolina beaches. Yet...
Endangered Hawksbill Sea Turtle Numbers Show Signs of Hope
Things may not be as bleak as they once seemed for one endangered sea turtle. A new survey finds that hawksbill turtles are more...
Staying Up All Night to Save Sea Turtles (Video)
Ever since the night 10 years ago, when Oscar Aranda, a biology student out of college, witnessed the gruesome death of a sea turtle...