T he Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has unveiled its 2024-2025 manatee and sea turtle decals. These eye-catching decals, featuring original artwork, can be displayed on ...

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 ...

While all other sea turtles have hard, bony shells, the inky-blue carapace of the leatherback is somewhat flexible and almost rubbery to the touch. Ridges along the carapace help give it a more ...

Marine turtle population estimates (including those stated above) are based on the number of egg-laying females – we can’t be sure of the numbers of elusive sea-dwelling males, or females that aren’t ...

Scientists have new evidence to explain why plastic is dangerous to sea turtles: the animals mistake the scent of plastic for food. Thus, a plastic bag floating in the sea not only looks like a ...

DESCRIPTION: Loggerhead sea turtles are named for their large heads, which contain powerful jaws and a thick beak. An adult loggerhead's top shell is slightly heart-shaped with a reddish-brown color; ...

In early 2023, the firm's Sustainability Working Group chose the sea turtle as its symbol for sustainability, leading to the birth of P&AWI (read as PAWI), the firm's sustainability mascot. P&AWI ...

Before the discovery of hatchlings on the islands in 2022, Kemp's ridley turtles hadn't been documented there for more than 75 years. This image shows entry and exit tracks of sea turtles (circles ...

Hawksbill turtles are listed as critically endangered, with populations drastically declining due to poaching and habitat loss. Found mainly in tropical coral reefs, Hawksbills inhabit regions ...

Artificial intelligence used for passport facial scanning is now helping track sea turtles. Green Heroes is hoping to use the Ocean ID project to boost marine conservation and recruit more citizen ...

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 ...

JUNO BEACH — Researchers saw fewer sea turtle nests on a 9.5-mile stretch of beach in Juno Beach, Jupiter and Tequesta this season than they did in the three seasons before it. Loggerhead ...