For decades, scientists have wondered about what happens during the so-called lost years between when tiny hatchlings leave ...

While all other sea turtles have hard, bony shells, the inky-blue carapace of the leatherback is somewhat flexible and almost rubbery to the touch. Ridges along the carapace help give it a more ...

and they are revealing that sea turtles are an excellent vertebrate model system for studying the impact of global climate change. My research interests center on the biology, ecology, evolution, and ...

Wow,” named by her rescuers, underwent a series of successful surgeries at the Turtle Hospital. Today "Wow" was sent home.

according to data from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Sea Turtle Cooperative. A population model developed by the University of Georgia indicates that the nesting totals will level ...

"I saw a lump out on the beach, and I thought that can't possibly be a sea turtle. I would never be that lucky to see one," Knowles, a "Winter Texan" from Michigan who had never seen one on the ...