Kemp's ridleys are the smallest of all sea turtle species and the only ones known to nest during the day. Once a female lays ...

Leatherback sea turtles are the giants of the sea turtle world and grow to the size of small car. They rarely nest on ...

One nest was laid by a Kemp’s ridley sea turtle, a species that rarely nests in Southwest Florida. Kemp’s ridleys mainly nest on the beaches of Rancho Nuevo, Mexico and Padre Island National Seashore, ...

Tribal ways of life and a treasure trove of biodiversity are too high a price to pay for Great Nicobar Island’s ...

The animals graze the vegetation into a picturesque turf, fertilize the soil with their dung and disperse seeds over large ...

Pictured: Sea turtle hatchlings. Last year, there were 685 nests and 835 false crawls – all from loggerhead sea turtles – a record number of nests laid in one season. Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch & ...

A man managed to capture a very special moment on camera on Queensland’s Heron Island recently, as he witnessed a green sea turtle “eruption” on the beach. Andrew Lomakin said he filmed the flurry of ...

There is no size difference between males and females in any of the sea turtle species. At the Cardiff Museum, they needed a crane to lift this giant turtle. The world record for the largest sea ...

Just like outer space, the ocean is a vast expanse that humans likely won’t be able to explore in its entirety. There is a ...

Vaadhoo, an island in the Raa Atoll, has become best known for this phenomenon, leading to an increase in the number of visitors. Bioluminescence (aka the ‘Sea of Stars’) is also visible on ...

Mystic Aquarium’s Animal Rescue Program and its partners at Jekyll Island’s Georgia Sea Turtle Center released 22 juvenile sea turtles into the Atlantic Ocean on April 10. Sarah Callan ...