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They waited patiently as one by one, a green sea turtle named Ariel and a loggerhead turtle named Moana slowly made their way ...
A Kemp's ridley sea turtle named Elton was released at Coney Island after recovering from hypothermia, marking the Atlantic ...
These sea turtles have serrated, or saw-like, beaks that allow them to scrape algae off rocks in large quantities. This is vastly different from the aforementioned leatherbacks.
The sea turtles with rest and recover under supervision for at least two months before they are released back into the wild. When asked how long it will take, Perry said the turtles have a way of ...
A loggerhead sea turtle spotted struggling in the Indian River Bay on June 21 is believed to have died from a boat propeller strike. The Marine Education, Research and Rehabilitation Institute (MERR) ...
GULF COUNTY — Several Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officers took to the seas during the recent winter storm to help out sea turtles. Over the course of two days, Tuesday and ...
Researchers have now recorded 136 sea turtle crawls on the islands since 2022, which makes it one of the highest-density nesting beaches in the northern Gulf of Mexico, and the only one in Louisiana.
As a keystone species, sea turtles influence multiple levels of marine food webs, balancing the populations of jellyfish, crustaceans, seagrass and algae, which different sea turtle species consume.