Sea turtles have long mystified researchers by returning to beaches where they were hatched, magnetic signals may be the key, new research finds.

The South Carolina Aquarium, with the assistance of the United States Coast Guard transported five endangered Kemp’s ridley ...

Loggerhead turtles can identify specific magnetic signatures, according to a new study, hinting at how the aquatic reptiles manage to return to the same foraging and nesting sites over and over again ...

The United States Coast Guard took five endangered sea turtles more than two hours offshore for release on Thursday.

The United States Coast Guard took five endangered sea turtles more than two hours offshore for release on Thursday.

People enjoying the sun and water at Fred Howard Park on Wednesday afternoon were treated to a unique Florida event as The ...

Some 4,900 yellow-spotted river turtles, also known as tracajás, have been released into the Igapó-Açu River, in Brazil. The threatened species lives in river basins in northern South America ...

Challenges with tracking and data collection meant little was known previously about the lives of adolescent turtles ...

Feb. 7, 2025 — Researchers have analyzed the soft tissue from a fossilized plesiosaur for the first time. The results show that the long-necked marine reptile had both smooth and scaly skin ...

West Philippine Sea is the name given by an administrative order (AO) of then President Benigno Aquino III to Philippine territorial waters west of the country. Aquino’s AO said West Philippine Sea ...

Clearwater Marine Aquarium's rescue team released six rehabilitated sea turtles into warm Florida waters in the past month. "With some cold weather a few weeks ago up in the Panhandle, they got over 1 ...

Female sea turtles crawl onto Florida's shores from March through October to lay their eggs. Each mother digs a two-foot hole in the sand and deposits about 110 soft, ping-pong-ball-size eggs before ...