On July 27, park biologists found a 'leucistic' loggerhead sea turtle at the bottom of a nest. That means the sea turtle has a whiter coloration than his siblings, making him very rare. But his white ...

Mote Marine Laboratory's Sea Turtle Conservation and Research Program (STCRP) documented the first local turtle activity of the 2025 season on Saturday, April 26. The STCRP team reported one ...

Learn how Hawaii’s honu went from hunted staple to protected icon and what this sea turtle represents to the islands today.

Sunday, June 8 is World Oceans Day and we’re going to look at California’s state sea reptile as well as other turtles in our waters. One or more of the seven species of sea turtles can be found in ...

1 in 1,000 turtle hatchlings are expected to survive after they're born. Sea turtles lay about 80 to 120 eggs. There are five Florida sea turtle species: Hawksbill, Kemp's ridley, Loggerhead, ...

Leatherback turtles are expected to have another high nesting season, setting a record for the earliest nest recorded in Florida on Feb. 16. While sea turtle population numbers seem to be steadying as ...

Sea turtles have traversed the deep, blue sea for over 100 million years, according to the World Wide Fund for Nature. Today, seven distinct species exist, according to seeturtles.org. Six of them ...

'We currently spend a lot of effort protecting the babies, but not the place where they spend most of their time: the seagrass meadows.' By Laura Baisas Published Jul 17, 2023 3:00 PM EDT Get the ...

Turtle hospitals and aquariums across the country are caring for sea turtles that stranded on beaches during the winter season, which is now coming to a close amid an uptick in strandings along ...

Picture this: You're jogging on the beach at sunrise, and you spot a large object on the sand a few hundred feet ahead of you. As you get closer, you realize it's a 300-pound sea turtle. After ...