As a result of daytime temperatures plummeting into the 50-degree range last week, hundreds of green sea turtles are being rescued from the colder-than-usual waters off Florida’s East Coast.

MANILA, Philippines — A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) was rescued by the City Environment and Natural Resources Office in Zamboanga del Norte. The green sea turtle is an endangered species ...

Green sea turtles, or Chelonia mydas, are listed as endangered under the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List of Threatened Species. Human activity such as poaching ...

Among the rescued turtles were 14 green sea turtles, six loggerhead sea turtles and two Kemp’s ridley sea turtles, a critically endangered species. Sea turtles cannot regulate their body ...