Pedro Luis Pérez assesses the surviving loggerhead turtles after their nest was unearthed at their nursery in La Sabana. (Andrea Hernández Briceño for The Washington Post) Pedro Luis Pérez assesses ...

A bale of Arakan forest turtles — a critically endangered species — were welcomed to the world recently at an aquarium in Tennessee. The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga, Tennessee, announced the ...

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ST. GEORGE ISLAND, Fla. (WCTV) - A group of turtle hatchlings on St. George Island who survived a difficult nesting season were found dead Monday, according to a local turtle advocate. The baby ...

Green sea turtles may be running out of males, as the effects of rising temperatures and pollutants are making them hatch mostly female. This endangered species has seen some beaches where over 99 ...

New research suggests that green turtle hatchlings ‘swim' to the surface of the sand, rather than ‘dig’, in the period between hatching and emergence. The findings have important implications for ...

Related coverage: Bales of hay line beach in hopes of helping nesting sea turtles ANNA MARIA ISLAND, Fla. (WFLA) — Hatching season is in full swing at Anna Maria Island, and thousands of baby sea ...

An unleashed stray dog mutilated 23 newborn sea turtles on a North Florida beach, hours after they hatched. A routine search in Atlantic Beach led to the discovery of the baby sea turtles among small ...

Miniature accelerometers reveal new insights into the elusive period between turtles hatching and emerging above sand. New research suggests that green turtle hatchlings 'swim' to the surface of the ...

ANNA MARIA ISLAND, Fla. (WFLA) — Hatching season is in full swing at Anna Maria Island, and thousands of baby sea turtles have already made their way to the ocean this year. Anna Maria Island Turtle ...