The green turtle is a large, weighty sea turtle with a wide, smooth carapace, or shell. It inhabits tropical and subtropical coastal waters around the world and has been observed clambering onto ...

Dozens of tourists have gathered at the Vila Maria beach on the island of São Tomé and Príncipe to watch as 400 baby sea turtles are released into the sea. The turtle hatchlings have spent two ...

The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo Federal fisheries officials released the 1,000th sea turtle rehabilitated in the Hawaiian Islands, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

But the road to recovery for the hawksbill turtle has proven to be an uphill battle. Known as ‘ea or honu’ea in Hawaiian, hawksbills are smaller than green sea turtles and are distinguished by ...

Dozens of tourists have gathered at the Vila Maria beach on the island of São Tomé and Príncipe to watch as 400 baby sea turtles are released into the sea. The turtle hatchlings have spent two months ...

Plastics pollution has a direct and deadly effect on wildlife. Thousands of seabirds and sea turtles, seals and other marine mammals are killed each year after ingesting plastic or getting entangled ...