News

This Marathon, Florida, hospital lets you tour and meet its adorable patient: sea turtles that are treated for injuries before being released.
Sea turtles tend to “go into a trance-like state” when they nest at night, and instincts guide their movements, Ragle said. As a result, they can lose their way or get disoriented when encountering ...
From AI camera traps to techno-tortoises, see how cutting-edge technology is revolutionizing wildlife conservation.
Sea turtles have been around in some form for more than 100 million years, weathering ice ages and even the extinction of the dinosaurs. They may have developed lots of coping mechanisms.
Don't let conflict in the Middle East derail your travel plans, MICHAEL TURTLE writes. In case we needed a reminder of how ...
This week brought more than just sunshine to Ocean City. The National Aquarium released two rehabilitated sea turtles back into the ocean on Thursday, just a few days after World Sea Turtle Day.
OCEAN CITY, MD (WBFF) — Cheers erupted from a crowd of several hundred beachgoers at Ocean City’s 40th Street beach Thursday morning as two rehabilitated sea turtles, between three and five ...
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesia's Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) intercepted the smuggling of 1,950 sea turtle eggs suspected to be destined for Malaysia. Ministry officials found the ...
OCEAN CITY, Md. — On Thursday, team members from the National Aquarium released two rehabilitated sea turtles into the ocean at Ocean City. Video credit: National Aquarium Mothman and Icky, the two ...
Statewide, about 110,000 loggerhead turtle nests were reported in 2024, as well as 14,000 for green turtles and 1,800 leatherbacks, who live their lives at sea or in estuaries except during nesting.
Since 1996, NYMRC has given a second chance to over 3,900 marine animals, including 119 sea turtles, 762 seals, and 7 cetaceans.
Turtles typically lay their eggs about a foot below the surface of the sand somewhere about halfway between the beach’s shoreline and the dunes, according to Loggerhead researcher Sarah Hirsch.