Animal science alumna coordinates efforts to restore sea turtle populations in the Gulf of Mexico after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill On April 20, 2010, an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig ...

Leatherback turtles are expected to have another high nesting season, setting a record for the earliest nest recorded in Florida on Feb. 16. While sea turtle population numbers seem to be steadying as ...

Sea turtle nesting season started Monday and volunteers with the Escambia County Sea Turtle Conservation Program were out at first light looking for signs of nesting activity. The main activity occurs ...

'We currently spend a lot of effort protecting the babies, but not the place where they spend most of their time: the seagrass meadows.' By Laura Baisas Published Jul ...

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In a new study, researchers tracked the movements of young green turtles and found that they navigated toward the Sargasso Sea, rather than drifting passively along the currents in the North Atlantic ...

Humanity is quickly crossing critical planetary boundaries that threaten sea turtle populations, their ecosystems and, ultimately, the “safe operating space” for human existence. Sea turtles have ...

Turtle hospitals and aquariums across the country are caring for sea turtles that stranded on beaches during the winter season, which is now coming to a close amid an uptick in strandings along ...

Picture this: You're jogging on the beach at sunrise, and you spot a large object on the sand a few hundred feet ahead of you. As you get closer, you realize it's a 300-pound sea turtle. After ...

It's one of Florida's cardinal beach rules: Leave sea turtles and their nests alone. But not everyone follows it. Palm Beach police on Friday arrested a West Palm Beach woman and charged her with ...