Sea turtles have an average lifespan of 20 to 30 years. During that timeframe, they experience changes in ocean chemistry, ...

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, as certain quirky cartoons have shown. The shell grows with the turtle, ...

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.

When a massive adult female Kemp's ridley sea turtle washed ashore on March 7 near Beach Pocket Park #3 in Galveston, she was ...

Green sea turtles are protected under the Endangered Species Act. A photo recently posted on social media showing a sea turtle with its shell removed has led state officials to emphasize the proper ...

Tune into this weekend’s AnimalZone episode with The Turtle Hospital MARATHON, FL, UNITED STATES, March 26, 2026 ...

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — A young sea turtle named Bugs is returning to the ocean on Wednesday after spending five months recovering at the Sea Turtle Healing Center at Brevard Zoo. The center ...

JUNO BEACH, Fla. — Florida wildlife officials are asking boaters to use extra caution around marine life. Doctors working on an injured sea turtle in Juno Beach had to try three different CT scan ...

A green sea turtle discovered washed up on a Townsville beach with a missing flipper and broken back is making a lucky ...

The staff at a Florida sea turtle hospital is monitoring some animals they've rehabilitated from space -- especially amputees ...