(Kate Mansfield via AP) Eventually the GPS tags slough off because “the outside of a young turtle’s shell sheds as they grow very quickly,” said Katrina Phillips, a marine ecologist at the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Using satellite trackers, scientists have discovered the whereabouts of young sea turtles during a key part of their lives. “We’ve had massive data gaps about the early ...

Money raised will go toward funding a new turtle habitat ... "Francis came to us very ill with shell rot. He had been kept in a tiny tank with no basking light and almost no room to move around.

One female green turtle was struck by a ship just down the road, near the world’s ninth busiest seaport. The impact crushed her shell, carving out a jagged three-pound wedge as big as an iron.

Turtles can be found anywhere, from local ponds and the deep, blue sea to an aquarium tank in your bedroom. These aquatic, semiaquatic or terrestrial creatures are easily recognized thanks to ...

You can get in touch with Marni by emailing [email protected]. A theory about why Luigi Mangione was wearing a turtle suit in prison has taken off online, with social media users speculating ...

“There's a size recommendations based on [the turtle’s] size,” Minnick said ... “He had no basking light, so he had really bad shell rot, and was just very ill, so she brought him ...

Ten sea turtles rescued from hypothermic conditions on Cape Cod last year were rehabilitated and returned to ocean waters in Florida Tuesday afternoon, New England Aquarium officials said in a ...

More than 400 endangered sea turtles have washed ashore on India's east coast in an event not witnessed in over two decades. Olive Ridley turtles travel thousands of miles for ideal nesting ...

A turtle living near the New York Giants stadium appears to be rooting against her hometown team's biggest rival in the Super Bowl. Thelma, a river turtle at SEA LIFE Aquarium New Jersey, made her ...