Every year, hundreds of loggerheads, Kemp’s ridleys, greens, and other sea turtle species wash ashore on Massachusetts beaches, mostly along the coast of Cape Cod Bay. Stranding season peaks in late ...

PONCE INLET — On an October morning at the Marine Science Center's turtle hospital, Assistant Manager Alyssa Hancock gently tries to place a juvenile green sea turtle atop a scale as it flails its ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Priya covers the ocean, climate change, and the future of our planet. Loggerhead sea turtles rehabilitated by the New England ...

Mississippi State University's College of Veterinary Medicine staff and students analyze radiology scans of a Kemp's ridley sea turtle named Toast Malone. The team identified the fishhook in its ...

MELBOURNE, Fla. – Last week, rough waves and heavy winds pushed dense sargassum seaweed onto Florida beaches, trapping hundreds of sea turtle hatchlings. [WATCH: Heavy Winds and rough seas push ...

1 in 1,000 turtle hatchlings are expected to survive after they're born. Sea turtles lay about 80 to 120 eggs. There are five Florida sea turtle species: Hawksbill, Kemp's ridley, Loggerhead, ...

A green sea turtle is improving after being found stranded on a North Carolina beach with over 1 ½ pounds of barnacles and other organisms on its shell, seashore officials announced over the weekend.

Conservation organizations are employing Cabo Verdeans, who formerly hunted endangered and threatened sea turtles, as rangers who now monitor and patrol beaches. From 2007-24, illegal catches of ...

On a steely Monday morning, a crew of researchers, veterinarians, and other ocean experts boarded the Tow Fin from Long Beach’s harbor — headed far out past the breakwater, where they were preparing ...

Federal funding delays for Cumberland Island turtle monitoring and the Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network require DNR to cover costs. Despite setbacks, DNR remains committed to protecting sea ...