The juvenile loggerhead sea turtle was covered in layers of a variety of algae, acorn barnacles, gooseneck barnacles, worms, crabs, skeleton shrimp, bryozoans, and other small invertebrates.

Who knew a tortoise could feel through its shell? Find out why most of what we think we know about tortoise shells is ...

The tough-to-recognize creature was identified as an endangered loggerhead sea turtle, and it even had barnacles stuck to its ...

skeleton shrimp, bryozoans, and other small invertebrates. She was weighed down, with barnacles embedded in her soft tissues and mouth.” The newly cleaned turtle is now able to swim and is ...

More information: Ivana J. Lezcano et al, Using the axial skeleton as armor: Mechanical behavior of sea turtle carapaces throughout ontogeny, Journal of Experimental Biology (2025). DOI: ...

A loggerhead sea turtle is recovering at the Gulf Center for Sea Turtle Research rehabilitation hospital after being found stranded on the beach in Sargent last week. According to a social media ...

Researchers studying dolphins in the Indian River Lagoon found that when seagrass dies off, dolphins have to shift their ...

This week marks the arrival of Earth Month, and with it the inaugural Reel Wild New York Film Festival. Running April 4-5 at the AMC Lincoln Square 13, the festival offers a cornucopia of natural ...