The green turtle is a large, weighty sea turtle with a wide, smooth carapace, or shell. It inhabits tropical and subtropical coastal waters around the world and has been observed clambering onto ...

Here are ten fun facts about turtles that highlight their ... Some species, like the green sea turtle, are primarily ...

Green turtles once numbered in the hundreds of millions. Today, breeding populations worldwide are greatly reduced, primarily due to degradation of nesting habitats, overexploitation of eggs and ...

Sea turtle shells balance strength, flexibility, and speed to ensure survival. A new study reveals surprising differences ...

More sea turtles than usual have been found stranded or dead in Brevard County, Florida. The increase in strandings, mostly juvenile green sea turtles, is likely due to prolonged exposure to cold ...

GALVESTON, Texas — A large group of green sea turtles are back home in the Gulf after a long ordeal that began last fall. The 24 cold-stunned sea turtles were recently released from Stewart ...

New research from Padre Island National Seashore highlights the toll that ingesting plastic is taking on green sea turtles. Padre Island National Seashore sits at the confluence of powerful currents ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service must designate protected critical habitat for green sea turtles under a new legal agreement with ...