A massive loggerhead sea turtle hit by a boat off Florida's Atlantic coast arrived at a turtle hospital needing medical care, but at 302 pounds (137 kilograms), Pennywise was too large to fit their ...

A 375-pound (170-kilogram) sea turtle has been released back into the Atlantic Ocean after three months of rehabilitation in Florida. Officials with the Brevard Zoo released a male loggerhead named ...

The first loggerhead sea turtle nest of the season was found on April 6 in Juno Beach, marking the second earliest loggerhead nesting recorded since 1983. Researchers at Loggerhead Marinelife Center ...

The Aquarium of the Pacific released a loggerhead sea turtle into the ocean off the Long Beach coast this week after thet staff there rehabilitated it over the summer. Marine Mammal Center staff ...

Loggerhead sea turtle nesting season officially began in Georgia with the first confirmed nests reported on Tuesday, May 6. Nests were found on St. Catherines Island and Cumberland Island National ...

Sea turtle conservation rarely changes overnight. Nesting beaches must be protected season after season, threats must be reduced repeatedly, and local support must hold long enough for slow-maturing ...

MARBELLA, Spain, July 23 (Reuters) - To the delight of curious beachgoers, marine biologists released dozens of young loggerhead sea turtles into the wild near Marbella in southern Spain on Tuesday, ...

Snapping turtles are large freshwater turtles that are unable to withdraw their head and legs fully into their shells, and so have extremely powerful jaws that they use to defend themselves with by ...