Turtle shells evolved over the course of 300 million years, but self-defense wasn't the initial driver, researchers think.

When we picture sea turtles in the wild, it’s easy to envision them as armored warriors – their hard, resilient shells serving as near-impenetrable shields against oceanic threats like sharks. These ...

A green sea turtle is improving after being found stranded on a North Carolina beach with over 1 ½ pounds of barnacles and other organisms on its shell, seashore officials announced over the weekend.

Everything about the discovery of a fossilized leatherback sea turtle in Alabama four years ago is fascinating. The findings of the never-before studied species were published in a study Friday, ...

On a steely Monday morning, a crew of researchers, veterinarians, and other ocean experts boarded the Tow Fin from Long Beach’s harbor — headed far out past the breakwater, where they were preparing ...

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — Bugs, a juvenile green sea turtle, will be released back into the ocean on Oct. 1 after a five-month rehabilitation at the Sea Turtle Healing Center at Brevard Zoo. The release ...

KEY WEST, Fla. — A 170-pound loggerhead turtle nicknamed “Molly” was back home in the warm waters of the Florida Keys on Tuesday after a successful surgery to remove a life-threatening tumor inches ...

A giant sea turtle has been found by a walker on the beach next to Southerness Golf Club on the Solway Coast. Valerie Smith Lang came across the reptile on Thursday evening after it had been washed up ...

JUNO BEACH, Fla. – An adolescent loggerhead sea turtle named Dilly Dally crawled into the Atlantic Ocean Wednesday morning, months after having a front flipper amputated at a Florida turtle hospital.

It was a big moment for a sea turtle this week who's named after the real "Slim Shady." She's a bit bigger than Eminem. "Swim Shady" weighs 2,068 pounds. After being rescued and rehabbed, she is back ...

When we picture sea turtles in the wild, it's easy to envision them as armored warriors—their hard, resilient shells serving as near-impenetrable shields against oceanic threats like sharks. These ...