Cheers rose from a bundled-up crowd as a loggerhead sea turtle that survived a likely shark attack trundled back into the ocean after months of rehabilitation ...

On Wednesday, the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach opened an exhibit where visitors for the first time can watch sick ...

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, ...

A turtle took its chances at a meal by striking a cornered pufferfish. Little did the turtle know that the pufferfish had ...

Thousands of sea turtles come ashore in Odisha every year in a mass turtle nesting event. Learn what it is and why its ...

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 ...

Ask any herpetologist, Are Turtles Social Animals?, and you’ll get a pretty straightforward No answer from nearly all of them. These ancient reptiles have been around for more than 200 million years, ...

Scientists in Georgia are using DNA from one egg per sea turtle nest to track ancestry and migration patterns. Human activities, such as leaving trash on beaches and disturbing nests, can negatively ...

Cheers rose from a bundled-up crowd as a loggerhead sea turtle that survived a likely shark attack trundled back into the ...

The downside is that they can occupy space in a care facility for some time. If a turtle is in trouble and the aquarium is full, it has to go elsewhere. In Southern California, the aquarium is one of ...