A green sea turtle is improving after being found stranded on a North Carolina beach with over 1 ½ pounds of barnacles and other organisms on its shell, seashore officials announced over the weekend.

Courtesy of Formlabs A green sea turtle in Connecticut ... According to The Turtle Hospital, a nonprofit organization, the condition is a deformity to a turtle's shell that causes it to ...

As spring brings warmer air and warmer waters to the Grand Strand, it's also bringing sea turtles ... that can do a lot of damage, so you just want to gently bring the turtle in closer to the ...

Charlotte, a green sea turtle ... Boat strikes, on the other hand, often lead to permanent damage. Sea turtles’ shells are tough but not tough enough to withstand a boat impact, especially ...

A male green sea turtle was given the name Bubble Butt ... If a boat's propeller strikes the shell, she added, it can damage the spinal cord and interfere with the gastrointestinal tract's function.

Harman calls a turtle in this condition a “floater” since it probably had some spinal damage ... shell swim happily with its peers. ‘Oh, this is no Pete’ Nickel, a green sea turtle rescued ...

Mother Nature welcomed back one of its endangered species on Thursday, a green sea turtle named Stormy ... which is the barnacles living on her shell and she had some poor blood work,” Gamby ...

A 3D prosthetic is expected to be life changing for a green sea turtle at Mystic Aquarium in Mystic, Conn. The accident damaged his shell and spinal ... and possible damage to the GI tract ...

A rescued green ... to a turtle’s spine. It is typically caused by a strike from a boat that can lead to irreparable damage in the turtle. NOAA estimates that hundreds of thousands of sea ...