The shoreline along Tybee Island, Georgia, is disappearing and eliminating loggerhead sea turtles' habitats. Beach erosion on the island's north end is preventing hatchlings from reaching the ocean.

Freshwater and sea turtles may look similar, but neither one could survive in the other's territory for these reasons.

A mass abduction on an idyllic beach in Costa Rica has concluded with happy endings — 736 of them. Poachers snatched hundreds of sea turtle eggs from nests along Costa Rica’s southern coast, a crucial ...

SANTA TERESA, Nicaragua, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Nicaraguan authorities and volunteers released hundreds of tiny baby turtles on the country's Pacific coast over the weekend as part of the government's ...

A sea turtle nest in Hon Cau, Con Dao Special Zone has just hatched 17 healthy albino turtles, a very rare phenomenon in ...

Newly hatched Kemp's ridley sea turtles are released on Malaquite Beach every summer. Hundreds of people gathered Friday to watch the spectacle. PADRE ISLAND NATIONAL SEASHORE — As the sun rose early ...

During the first week of July, the popular travel center and gas station chain Buc-ee’s opened its largest location in Georgia, just off coastal Interstate 95. But it’s not the beaver-branded ...

In the early morning, just as the sun rises, a delicate rumble beneath the sand begins to stir, and small dark heads breach the surface and peak out from underground. Then, an eruption occurs as tiny ...

The green turtle has been rescued from the brink of extinction in what scientists are calling a major conservation victory. Once hunted extensively for turtle soup, its eggs as a delicacy and ...

Baby sea turtles on their perilous dash to the ocean before starting their life's journey. Source: Christine Figgener/with permission. I love sea turtles but don't know much about them. Christine ...

Slow and steady wins the race. It’s a sentiment that has shadowed turtles for years, and perhaps, for good reason. Turtles are slow, but wise. Sea turtles, however, are nothing short of amazing. Sea ...

It's not only people who flock to Siesta Key. For generations sea turtles come to the island to lay their eggs on its beaches. One of those beaches is Turtle Beach, so named for its sea turtle habitat ...