The ocean can be an extremely dangerous place, even for an animal that migrates through and rides its currents for decades.
A new 17-year study of loggerhead sea turtles nesting in Cabo Verde shows climate change having impacts that may threaten their long term survival. Researchers from Queen Mary University of London and ...
Warmer oceans and depleting food have affected the ubiquitous loggerhead turtle’s reproductive and migratory patterns — and even its size.
There are many threats to sea turtles, but most of them come from humans. Dangers may range from getting entangled in fishing gear to losing their habitats from beach erosion and human development.
Inside Essex County Turtle Back Zoo, nonprofit Sea Turtle Recovery has rehabbed 149 turtles and is now treating 21 more, ...
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 ...
FLORIDA KEYS — It wasn’t an easy road back to water for the 322-pound loggerhead named Lenny. The turtle was spotted injured, struggling to swim near Alligator Reef off the coast of Islamorada in the ...