Even though World Sea Turtle Day is just one day, visitors are always welcome to see the patients and learn about them and their habits.

Sea turtles lay eggs on sandy beaches, but many of them never hatch. The incubating creatures may be killed by microbes, dug up by wild dogs, or exposed by other turtles scraping out new nests.

As of June 13, nearly 940 sea turtle nests had been identified along Georgia’s coast. One egg from each of those nests has been split open and emptied into a test tube. All that data contributes ...

After concerning dips in sea turtle populations between the 1960s and early 1990s, concerted conservation efforts by the Cooperative over the last few decades have helped restore turtle numbers.

Green sea turtles are the largest hard-shelled turtles in the ocean, growing to 3 to 4 feet long and 300 to 350 pounds. Their shells are gray, brown or olive-colored; they're called "green" sea ...

Green sea turtles are the only type that is primarily herbivores, eating mostly seagrasses and algae. This diet is what gives their cartilage and fat a greenish color (not their shells), which is ...

When I’m on land, I wish I was at sea. Banner image: Fishermen free a sea turtle. Image courtesy of FONDEPES. This story was first published here in Spanish on May 4, 2025.

As World Sea Turtle Day approaches on Monday, an expert explains threats to sea turtles and their ecological importance along the coasts of the Commonwealth. As waters begin to warm in late spring ...

And Eugene is “Eating well!!!” according to notes about his recovery. They both received care at the Turtle Rehab Center within the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center in Boca Raton.

Chalkbeat reports that early childhood educators are addressing eco-anxiety by engaging kids in nature through hands-on ...