"I'm hopeful we'll see strong hatching success and a lot of baby turtles getting their chance out in the ocean." ...

Emergency room nurse Victoria Bradshaw was just getting ready to fish off the coast of Haida Gwaii last Monday when she saw a large head pop up out of the water. "At first I thought it was a sea lion, ...

The largest species of sea turtle created a spectacle on a Florida beach Friday when she came ashore in the daylight, which is very rare, to lay eggs. "No one really knows why some turtles choose to ...

In 2026, biologists at Cape Hatteras National Seashore have already found four nests from endangered leatherback sea turtles.

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, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The leatherback sea turtle offers a rare look into ...

OCEARCH is best known for its work studying, tagging and tracking great white sharks, but the nonprofit research group also tracks other species. One of them, a 5-foot-2-inch, 916-pound female ...

What Do Sea Turtles Eat? Sea turtle diets vary widely based on the species. The typical sea turtle that comes to mind is the green sea turtle. Green sea turtles eat mostly algae and seagrasses, which ...

A rare visitor is making waves both in the ocean and along the South Carolina coast. A leatherback sea turtle was spotted in the waters off Folly Beach over the weekend, marking the Lowcountry’s first ...