Learn how exotic appetites are threatening this endangered species. Discover one of the largest sea turtles in the world.

Sea turtles have been around for millions of years. They are a hardy species that not only survived but thrived after the last mass extinction event. Today, however, many of the remaining seven ...

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They've roamed the oceans for more than 100 million years, outlasted the dinosaurs, and can dive nearly 4,000 feet deep — and yet, somehow, sea turtles are still wildly underappreciated. Today, in ...

Scientists analyzed thousands of autopsies of seabirds, sea turtles and marine mammals and found that even small amounts of ingested plastic can be deadly. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey Two baseballs for a ...

A tiny desert tortoise squeezes its way out of a pale, leathery egg in the California desert. Its shell is tender. Its legs are slender. The surrounding landscape is vast and merciless, with predators ...

Kemp’s ridley sea turtles, one of the most endangered sea turtle species on Earth, live in some of the noisiest waters on the planet, right alongside major shipping routes. New research reveals that ...

Once endangered, the global green sea turtle population is rebounding, according to a new report from the International Union for Conservation of Nature. There are about 20,000 endangered species in ...

May 23rd is World Turtle Day. It’s the perfect time to celebrate what makes these creatures so amazing and focus on what you can do to protect them. The first turtles emerged more than 250 million ...