Officials are looking to reopen the East Pass, partially in hopes that it could improve water quality. Here's a look at the ...

In this second installment of “Notes From Abroad,” students reflect on how their summer journeys, made possible by UC San ...

The adult female, named Pennywise and weighing 302 pounds (137 kilograms), was deemed healthy and strong enough to return to ...

Tumors develop after a turtle is infected with a herpesvirus, but the reason this virus causes tumors in sea turtles remains largely unknown.

We’re halfway through sea turtle nesting season, and volunteers who track sea turtle nests and hatchlings say Fernandina Beach is below average for nests at this point.

Sea turtles are considered crucial bioindicators of marine environmental health due to their extensive lifespans, long-distance migrations, and frequent presence in sensitive coastal zones. A ...

To start off, dozens of North Carolina baby sea turtles have hatched at the southern Outer Banks at Cape Lookout National Seashore and in Brunswick County on Holden Beach -- with hundreds more to ...

If you spot a sick or injured sea turtle, you are asked to call the FWC’s Wildlife Alert Hotline at 888-404-3922. Sea turtles typically return to nest in March along Florida’s southeast ...

Six endangered sea turtles are back in the ocean off the coast of Cape Cod after months of rehab for "life-threatening medical conditions."In their third release of the season, the New England ...

MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. — A group of firefighters helped rescue a sea turtle that got itself stuck between rocks on a beach in South Florida. A local photographer first spotted the 300-pound turtle ...

BOSTON — In its third beach release of the season, the New England Aquarium returned six sea turtles to the Atlantic Ocean following months of rehabilitation for hypothermia-related medical ...

Firefighters are being called “heroes of the half shell” after rescuing injured sea turtles at the Texas City Dike.