A 1-square-meter plastic sheet was found inside a dead leatherback sea turtle on a beach in Fukui Prefecture, the largest piece of plastic debris reported ingested by the species, researchers said.

"It took a little while — sometimes we double meshed, at times we got a different type of mesh like stronger garden trellising type mesh." She said eventually foxes stopped checking turtle nests ...

Turtles can be found anywhere, from local ponds and the deep, blue sea to an aquarium tank in your bedroom. These aquatic, semiaquatic or terrestrial creatures are easily recognized thanks to ...