Just as they have for millions of years, sea turtles by the thousands made their labored crawl from the ocean to U.S. beaches to lay their eggs over the past several months. This year, record ...

We can expect to see hatchlings from these nests in mid to late July.” A false crawl occurs “when a sea turtle comes ashore to lay eggs but returns to the water without depositing them due to ...

A rarely-seen leatherback sea turtle washed up dead on the northern Outer Banks last week.

Sea turtles, it appears ... Leatherback hatchlings encounter plastic bottles and other debris as they crawl across Trinidad’s Matura Beach to reach the ocean. Nature Seekers, a local ...

An exciting increase in sea turtle nests was recorded during the 2024 season by the Clearwater Marine Aquarium.

That so much effort has been poured into saving green sea turtles may have something to do with the devotion of proponents, who (with the barest prodding) will wax poetic on the beauty and mystery of ...

Around noon on Monday, Nov. 4, NEST (Network for Endangered Sea Turtles) posted this announcement.

DESCRIPTION: The leatherback sea turtle is distinguished by its soft ... BREEDING: Though male leatherbacks never leave the water once they enter it, females crawl onto sandy, tropical beaches to lay ...

“Oftentimes, a sea turtle that underwent a surgery would stop bleeding as ... about the hatchlings’ emergence and orientation behaviors, and their swim and crawl speed. She was also interested in ...

Most importantly, these lights confuse the baby turtle hatchlings. Instead of going into the sea, they would crawl to the lit areas, and get stranded on the beach, exposed to attack by predators, and ...

Most importantly, these lights confuse the baby turtle hatchlings. Instead of going into the sea, they would crawl to the lit areas, and get stranded on the beach, exposed to attack by predators ...