As another balmy summer day ends on Orange Beach, tourists slowly rise from their chairs, wiping sand off their sunburned ...

Learn more about turtles and tortoises at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and sea turtles at the Smithsonian's Ocean Portal. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Textile Design: Turtle Motif ...

WORCESTER ― Attempts to liven up the process of voting in Worcester have led to the design of 10 new stickers the city plans ...

Loggerhead sea turtles make some of the longest known journeys of any sea turtle species. Adapted for these lengthy migrations, loggerheads have a small shell and enlarged flippers. Some migrate more ...

The green turtle is a large, weighty sea turtle with a wide, smooth carapace, or shell. It inhabits tropical and subtropical coastal waters around the world and has been observed clambering onto ...

As ancient as the dinosaurs, the leatherback sea turtle is something of a dinosaur itself — and the heaviest reptile on the planet. This champion swimmer, whose diving capabilities are unmatched by ...

We've put them at risk, but with a little help, they're rebounding. Green sea turtles congregate near a dock in the Bahamas. They were so numerous during Columbus’s day that “it seemed the ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has released its 2024-2025 manatee and sea turtle decals, which can be placed on watercraft and vehicle bumpers as well as water bottles ...

Lepidochelys olivacea, also known as the Golfina sea turtle or olive ridley turtle, is considered vulnerable At least 300 sea turtles have washed up dead on Mexico's Pacific coast. Preliminary ...

West Orange police and firefighters were called to the Sea Turtle Recovery building at about 9:45 p.m where firefighters extinguished a blaze, a township spokesman said Thursday. No people were ...

There were 382 sea turtle nests recorded this year on all sandy beaches inside the bases — 100 more than last year’s count. Bases Environmental and Police Officer Alexia Perdiou said a ...