A few years ago, Dr. Larry Wood was conducting research on a seashore in the U.S. Virgin Islands when he spotted a little ...
SNAPPING TURTLES are a common reptile in Iowa. Their scientific name is Chelydrda serpentina. Adults have a big head, a long ...
Nicole Esteban receives funding from the Bertarelli Foundation as part of the Bertarelli Programme in Marine Science (grant numbers BPMS-2017-4 and 820633). Hawksbill turtles are critically endangered ...
Loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) are the most common nesting turtle here, although green, Kemp's ridley and ...
SAN FRANCISCO— The Center for Biological Diversity and Turtle Island Restoration Network sued the National Marine Fisheries Service today for failing to protect Pacific leatherback sea turtles and ...
A nearly half-ton leatherback sea turtle carcass washed ashore on Martha's Vineyard on June 16, marking the first sea turtle casualty of the summer and serving as a timely reminder for boaters to be ...
As summer temperatures warm Gulf waters, more sea turtles are moving through the area, sometimes becoming trapped in dangerous situations. A new Corpus Christi resident recently found a sea turtle ...
The loggerhead sea turtle taken in by the Birch Aquarium at Scripps. Photo courtesy the aquarium Large-mesh drift gillnet fishing has been temporarily banned in a loggerhead turtle conservation area ...
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — A new study in Massachusetts found leatherback turtles that get entangled in fishing gear have a better chance of survival if the entanglement is reported quickly.