CORRECTS SPECIES OF TURTLES - In this Sept. 22, 2019 photo, people visit a beach where olive ridley sea turtle lay their eggs, in Jaque, Panama. Jaque, a town of 2,000, is only reached by air or sea. ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. — An endangered 500-pound (230-kg) leatherback sea turtle was being treated at a South Carolina aquarium on Monday after wildlife officials made a rare rescue of the reptile found ...

The spectacular hatching events take place between August and December on Poilão Island, a tiny, uninhabited speck off the coast of Guinea-Bissau in West Africa. It is the southernmost island of the ...

Scientists using drones discovered over 40,000 giant river turtles nesting along the Guapore River in the Amazon, revealing one of the largest known breeding sites for this endangered species.

Even if they aren’t mutated into teenage ninjas, turtles might one day be a viable alternative to drones for espionage and surveillance. They come already armor-plated, they’re amphibious, they’re ...

Instead of making a robot from scratch, why not start with a turtle? With a simple, non-invasive device attached to its shell, a live red-eared slider could be steered like a remote-controlled toy car ...

LEON, Nicaragua, Sept. 25, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Surfing Turtle Lodge is ready for a new sea turtle nesting season, which starts September and ends February. The Lodge's conservation project goes back ...

AMHERST, Mass. - The National Science Foundation this month announced that assistant professor of environmental conservation Lisa Komoroske will co-lead a four-year, $1.4 million, multi-institution ...

Green sea turtles swim hundreds of miles to nest on a spectacular West African archipelago. Getting there is quite a journey for humans, too. By Ricci Shryock Ricci Shryock is a writer and ...