At first, the day looks like a classic fossil beach hunt: rough waves, shell layers, cliff falls, and the hope of finding a shark tooth. Then a small fragment changes everything. They identify it as ...

Local scientists examine how noise from ocean-based energy projects – like wind farm construction – could affect protected ...

Loggerhead Marinelife Center researchers spotted a large leatherback turtle named Bootes nesting on Juno Beach Thursday night. Weighing in at 1,000 pounds, she is one of the biggest leatherback ...

For years, the Coleman family's fishing trips on the Alabama Gulf Coast were routine. But in 2021, their outing near a riverbank led to an odd find: the shell of a 32-million-year-old leatherback sea ...

Tracking the turtle’s movements could help identify where high-risk fishing areas overlap with the critically endangered ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A fishing trip in south Alabama led to one of the most remarkable fossil finds in the world. The Coleman family was out fishing north of Mobile in 2021 when they spotted ...

A remarkable fossil discovery in Alabama has unveiled a new ancient sea turtle species, Ueloca colemanorum. Found by the ...

OCEARCH is best known for its work studying, tagging and tracking great white sharks, but the nonprofit research group also tracks other species. One of them, a 5-foot-2-inch, 916-pound female ...

ISLE OF PALMS, S.C. – A rare 475-pound endangered leatherback sea turtle found stranded on a South Carolina beach was released into the ocean on Thursday following five days of treatment at the South ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This species feeds on gelatinous sea life like jellyfish or salps. The ocean is home to an extreme variety of species and animals.