... enough to require five men to wrestle her out of her saltwater tank, Dylan the sea turtle is ready to be set free after nine years in captivity and a final checkup by her veterinarian ...
SEBASTIAN INLET, Fla., July 1 (UPI) -- Scientists in Florida returned 142 loggerhead sea turtles to the Atlantic Ocean Monday after two years in captivity.
ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) -- Environmental officials in Mexico say dozens of dead sea turtles apparently killed in fishing nets have washed up on beaches in recent days....
Researchers say they have figured out why sea turtles that normally feed and breed in shallow water or on land will, very rarely, go deep sea diving: the reptiles are on reconnaissance.
ROME (Reuters) - About 60 newly hatched sea turtles lost their way during their ritual passage to the sea and marched into an Italian restaurant instead, a conservation worker said on Monday.
... , Mexico, scientists have been counting the carcasses of endangered sea turtles for a decade as part of an effort to assess ... fishermen are working with the Mexican government to designate a sea turtle refuge that would officially protect ...
... our understanding of the evolutionary relationships among all seven sea turtle species. Naro-Maciel and colleagues ... phylogenetic tree, or cladogram, that tells the story of sea turtle evolution and is reported in the journal Molecular ...
... don't usually go for advocacy, but I can't believe that the Bahamas allow sea turtle fishing. Go to Oceana's website and sign up to help convince the Bahamian government to prohibit ...
... a resolution urging nations to protect the leatherback sea turtle and sharks from the world's industrial fisheries ... of an ancient lineage that has outlived the dinosaurs, leatherback sea turtles are ocean giants that grow to the size ...
NEW YORK, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Genetic tests conducted by U.S. and Australian scientists have found all sea turtles are related, even carnivorous and herbivorous turtles.
... our understanding of the evolutionary relationships among all seven sea turtle species and shows that specialized diets arose independently. The refined phylogeny has important implications ...
... have unraveled the secret. At the beginning of their lives, salmon and sea turtles may read the magnetic field of their home ... . Previous studies have shown that young salmon and sea turtles can detect the Earth's magnetic field ...
... plan for the Northwest Atlantic population of the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) has been issued by NOAA. The species is listed globally as threatened under the U ...
Australia on Sunday listed the world's largest sea turtle, the leatherback, as endangered due to the threats posed by overfishing and the unsustainable harvesting of its eggs and meat.
Paleontologists on Thursday unveiled the oldest fossil remains of a sea turtle that lived 72 million years ago in northern Mexico, the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) said.
