Sea turtle shells record life history layer by layer over many years, clearly revealing diet, stress, movement, and ocean ...

Every year, hundreds of loggerheads, Kemp’s ridleys, greens, and other sea turtle species wash ashore on Massachusetts beaches, mostly along the coast of Cape Cod Bay. Stranding season peaks in late ...

It might seem early to see manatees and sea turtles in South Carolina's waters, but the beloved creatures are following temperature cues.

Learn how researchers use archaeological techniques to show how sea turtle shells grow in layers that capture chemical clues ...

Techniques developed to study the distant past—from dating ancient artifacts to reconstructing climate records in ice cores—are now being repurposed to help us better understand the lives of modern ...

A loggerhead turtle who judging by his size and barnacles on his shell is old. The turtle is cruising the reef during mating season looking for a partner© Drew McArthur/Shutterstock.com The ocean can ...

A single egg now helps scientists study hidden male sea turtles and understand their role in survival and long term ...

Scientists in Georgia are using DNA from one egg per sea turtle nest to track ancestry and migration patterns. Human activities, such as leaving trash on beaches and disturbing nests, can negatively ...

A rehabilitated adult female Kemp's ridley sea turtle crawls toward the ocean during a release Wednesday in Juno Beach, Fla.  Spectators watch as an adult female Kemp's ridley sea turtle is released ...

For years, marine biologists have called for a ban on plastics, having witnessed firsthand the devastating impact on marine life. However, their pleas largely fell on deaf ears, given how cheap ...

Preliminary counts show roughly 6,600 nests along Palm Beach’s Atlantic shoreline this season. The majority of nests belonged to loggerhead sea turtles. The 2025 sea turtle nesting season ran from ...

JUNO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — An adolescent loggerhead sea turtle named Dilly Dally crawled into the Atlantic Ocean Wednesday morning, months after having a front flipper amputated at a Florida turtle ...