A thirty-five-pound green sea turtle named Haven that spent the last six months in rehab at The Turtle Hospital in Marathon, Florida, finally got her chance to go home Friday. The 8-year-old ...

Leatherback sea turtle on a beach. By Herve06 via iStock for WMNF News. When sea turtles hatch, they rely on natural light like the moon’s reflection to find open water. The artificial lights coming ...

Endangered sea turtles show signs of recovery in a majority of places where they're found worldwide, according to a new global survey released Thursday. "Many of the turtle populations have come back, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hilton Head Island’s most covert visitors have officially returned for 2020. The island’s first Loggerhead sea turtle nest was discovered Sunday morning on the island’s north end, according to ...