On Tuesday the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission announced the death of what’s believed to be the world’s largest common snapping turtle, a prehistoric-looking specimen known as Big Snap Daddy. The ...

FOLLY BEACH — Beachgoers have been shell-shocked to see leatherback sea turtles — an endangered species, swimming along the coast of South Carolina. The leatherback is the largest turtle in the world, ...

A rare visitor is making waves both in the ocean and along the South Carolina coast. A leatherback sea turtle was spotted in the waters off Folly Beach over the weekend, marking the Lowcountry’s first ...

graduated from TAMUCC in 2019 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Communication, with an emphasis on Media Production. Myra and the KRIS 6 Digital Team recently won an Edward Murrow Award in May 2024. Sea ...

"Every single Hawksbill sea turtle is precious … we must protect them from extinction," said the Bermagui Veterinary Clinic Mudgeroo Wombat & Wildlife Refuge/Facebook Bear, a critically endangered ...

View of remains of Olive Ridley turtles at Mismaloya beach on the Pacific coast of Jalisco State, Mexico, on December 9, 2012. According to the University of Guadalajara staff, 30 percent of the ...

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — The Sea Turtle Preservation Society is a Brevard County non-profit that is dedicated to protecting sea turtles. It is now celebrating its 40th year in operation. In the early ...

GALVESTON, Texas — A massive Kemp’s ridley sea turtle that washed ashore along the Texas coast is now recovering after being rescued by researchers last week and treated by veterinarians. The ...

A Kemp's ridley sea turtle that washed up sick along the Galveston shoreline last week is still fighting for her life. She remains in critical condition "but is still holding on," Dr. Christopher ...

A Kemp's ridley newborn sea turtle (Lora turtle) makes its way to the sea, as an adult one arrives to lay eggs on Ostional beach, in Ostional National Wildlife Refuge, some 350 km northwest of San ...

Turtles glide through the blue-green waters of Hornsby Spring like hockey puck slapshots as snorkelers stretch like goalies in their wake. If the brownish-yellow blurs make it behind a cypress root or ...

Sea turtle nesting season in Palm Beach runs from March 1 through Oct. 31. Oceanfront properties must shield or reposition lights so they are not visible from the beach. Artificial lights can ...