The ocean can be an extremely dangerous place, even for an animal that migrates through and rides its currents for decades.

Every year, hundreds of loggerheads, Kemp’s ridleys, greens, and other sea turtle species wash ashore on Massachusetts beaches, mostly along the coast of Cape Cod Bay. Stranding season peaks in late ...

TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. — After spending nearly three months rehabilitating at The Florida Aquarium, a sea turtle made its way back into the Gulf waters. Beachgoers watched as Buckley waddled into the ...

Scientists in Georgia are using DNA from one egg per sea turtle nest to track ancestry and migration patterns. Human activities, such as leaving trash on beaches and disturbing nests, can negatively ...

Leatherback turtles are expected to have another high nesting season, setting a record for the earliest nest recorded in Florida on Feb. 16. While sea turtle population numbers seem to be steadying as ...

FOLLY BEACH, S.C. (WCIV) — Sea turtle nesting season arrived earlier than normal this year. Trained volunteers with the Folly Beach Turtle Watch program located a loggerhead nest Tuesday morning while ...

Volunteers say patrols will be reduced at Padre Island National Seashore during Kemp's ridley sea turtle nesting season.