Thousands of baby sea turtles rush to the ocean’s edge each season, hoping to return to the sea. Unfortunately, predators such as crabs, birds, and other marine life are often too quick. One in ...

The top three years for the number of sea turtle nests in the Sarasota region have occurred in the last five years. The public can view Mote’s weekly counts of sea turtle nests within the patrol ...

The Stanford team is continuing their research project, known as "STRETCH," and plans to release more satellite-tracking sea turtles this summer. View a tracking map of the sea turtle study here.

Learn more about turtles and tortoises at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and sea turtles at the Smithsonian's Ocean Portal. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Textile Design: Turtle Motif ...

Found primarily in the Gulf of Mexico, but also as far north as Nova Scotia, Kemp’s ridleys are among the smallest sea turtles, reaching only about 2 feet in shell length and weighing up to 100 ...

JUNO BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Sea turtle nesting season is officially underway, which means thousands of turtles will come to our local beaches to lay their eggs from now through October.

Every year, hundreds of loggerheads, Kemp’s ridleys, greens, and other sea turtle species wash ashore on Massachusetts beaches, mostly along the coast of Cape Cod Bay. Stranding season peaks in ...

1 in 1,000 turtle hatchlings are expected to survive after they're born. Sea turtles lay about 80 to 120 eggs. There are five Florida sea turtle species: Hawksbill, Kemp's ridley, Loggerhead ...

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 ...

Last year, researchers recorded 14,951 sea turtle nests, including 254 leatherbacks, 12,968 loggerheads, and 1,729 greens. The Center predicts that the 2025 season could rank among the top three ...

The result is a better understanding of their astonishing migrations. A loggerhead sea turtle, shortly after hatching, heads out to sea on a beach at Bald Head Island, North Carolina (US).