Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Recovery of this softshell turtle species now requires working with a global population of only two or possibly three known ...

While patrolling Surfside Beach early Monday morning, Officer Jimmy McDaniel witnessed something extraordinary: a Kemp's ridley sea turtle—the rarest sea turtle species in the world—resting in the ...

A newly protected Pearl River map turtle faces a 60-year federal recovery effort as officials work to restore habitat, improve water quality, and rebuild populations in Louisiana and Mississippi.

Mote Marine Laboratory’s Sea Turtle Conservation and Research Program (STCRP) has documented the first local sea turtle ...

A potential new setback to the contentious One Lake development project comes down to the Pearl River Map Turtle, a species named for its distinct map-like shell pattern, that is unique to the Pearl ...

Sea turtle nesting season has begun on Pensacola Beach and Perdido Key as volunteers resume daily early morning patrols.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will add new protections for a rare turtle whose ridged shell looks like a topographic map, with the goal of keeping it from going extinct. The federal agency has ...

Sea turtle nesting season technically begins on May 1, but local conservation groups are already tracking activity down in ...

Green turtles are officially out of danger, according to the latest update to the IUCN Red List, the definitive authority on the conservation status of the world's species. Global populations of this ...

Sea turtle nesting season is here which means Treasure Coast residents need to be conscious of how they act on the beach. More than 100,000 sea turtles nest on Florida beaches every year, making up ...

LOWELL — A potentially invasive species of turtle was found in Lowell last week near the confluence of the Merrimack and Concord rivers, raising concerns over the possible impacts to turtles native to ...

Sea turtles spend most of their lives roaming the planet's oceans, traveling thousands of miles for ideal feeding and ...