A 3D-printed brace shell has helped one lucky loggerhead sea turtle in California get a clean bill of health. The sea creature arrived at San Diego's Birch Aquarium in 2014. Before moving in ...

Earlier this month, scientists at Birch Aquarium and UC San Diego accomplished what they believe is a first: using a 3-D printer to fill a gap in a loggerhead sea turtle's shell. The turtle has ...

Loggerhead sea turtles migrate thousands of miles through the world’s oceans, but they don’t travel solo—research shows they carry surprisingly diverse and abundant populations of tiny ...

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 ...

SAN DIEGO — A rescued loggerhead sea ... the aquarium says her shell is about the size of a boogie board, or about 3 feet long and more than 2.5 feet wide. The sea turtle’s progress is an ...

Just in time for the holidays, a loggerhead sea turtle at Birch Aquarium in La Jolla got a perfectly fitting gift. The turtle, rescued in 2013 with a broken shell and twisted spine, this month ...

An average adult loggerhead weighs about 250 pounds, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The last hard-shell turtle closest to that size that Mass Audubon has found ...