Researchers at Loggerhead Marinelife Center found the earliest leatherhead nest in its monitoring history on February 25.

The Marine Education, Research and Rehabilitation Institute (MERR) is asking boaters and coastal visitors to be on the ...

A rescue team in Massachusetts saved a 500-pound sea creature that was tangled in fishing gear. The Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) Marine Animal Entanglement Response (MAER) team was called July 9 ...

Florida wildlife officials plead to keep fireworks and dogs from traumatizing nesting shorebirds and sea turtles ...

As endangered sea turtles return to local waters, a carcass on Martha's Vineyard shore serves as a reminder for boaters to keep watch, advocates say.

Within that grouping (the superfamily Chelonioidea) are seven sea turtle species, including the green sea turtle, leatherback turtle, and loggerhead sea turtle.

Leatherback sea turtles are the giants of the sea turtle world and grow to the size of small car. They rarely nest on Southwest Forida beaches.

Tuesday, June 20 was a happy day on North Carolina’s Outer Banks for conservationists and animal-lovers. A routine check on Ocracoke Island revealed a leatherback sea turtle nest filled with ...

Surveys conducted in 2016 and 2019 confirm that important nesting beaches have re-formed after 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami.

A 16-year-long study of the Olive Ridley sea turtles has revealed that the ones nesting in Odisha are genetically distinct from those found around the world and much older than the ones found ...

There are five Florida sea turtle species: Hawksbill, Kemp's ridley, Loggerhead, Leatherback and green. For part of the year, the beach becomes home to sea turtles who are in the nesting process.