Sea turtles have traversed the deep, blue sea for over 100 million years, according to the World Wide Fund for Nature. Today, seven distinct species exist, according to seeturtles.org. Six of them ...

Long regarded as one of the longest-living pets you could ever own, turtles surprise many pet owners with how long they can live. Whether you have a red eared slider or a map turtle, these reptiles ...

While both belong to the same scientific order (Testudines), they’ve evolved in unique ways depending on where they live and ...

INDIAN ROCKS BEACH, Fla — Just as they have for millions of years, sea turtles by the thousands made their labored crawl from the ocean to U.S. beaches to lay their eggs over the past several months.

When you see a sea turtle in trouble, what should you do? In the summer, several species of sea turtle migrate into the Atlantic waters along New England. But due to quickly warming water temperatures ...

ARMILA, Panama >> On a Panamanian beach long after dark, a group of undergraduate students dug into the sand to excavate a sea turtle nest, their lamps casting a soft red glow as they studied eggs, ...