REUTERS - The Obama administration has agreed by July 1 to map out areas to protect nesting beaches for endangered loggerhead sea turtles as part of a legal settlement with conservation groups. The ...

Staff at the Aquarium of the Pacific are rehabilitating a 50-pound loggerhead sea turtle that was recently rescued — with hopes of eventually returning it to the wild. The turtle, estimated to be ...

A loggerhead turtle who judging by his size and barnacles on his shell is old. The turtle is cruising the reef during mating season looking for a partner© Drew McArthur/Shutterstock.com The ocean can ...

Learn about the hatching habits of one of oldest creatures on Earth Alan B. Bolten and Blair E. Witherington June 16th is World Sea Turtle Day, which celebrates the creatures and acknowledges the ...

Trail cameras on the Chandeleur Islands off Louisiana's eastern coast captured footage of more than 60 tiny, endangered loggerhead turtle hatchlings emerging from two sandy nests in August and ...

WASHINGTON - It's a scene that scientists say is all too common: A commercial fishing boat pulls in a net full of shrimp or tuna and finds a loggerhead sea turtle mixed in with the catch. Biologists ...

From fragile barrier islands to bustling beaches, these ancient mariners face threats from predators, development, plastics, and fishing gear, yet their story is also one of resilience. All sea turtle ...

CHARLESTON S.C. (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday designated 685 miles (1,100 km) of beaches from Mississippi to North Carolina and 300,000 square miles (777,000 sq km) of ocean off the Gulf ...

Dilly Dally, a loggerhead turtle who survived a run-in with a predator that ultimately cost her a front flipper, has been released from a Florida animal hospital back into the Atlantic Ocean. "No ...

JUNO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A crowd cheered and took photos as two loggerhead sea turtles slowly made their way through the sand and into the Atlantic Ocean on Monday after rehabbing at a Florida marine ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jorge, a 60-year-old, 220-pound loggerhead turtle, is a unique case of an animal who spent so long in captivity, yet managed to ...

MARINA DI RAVENNA, Italy (AP) — On a crisp morning off the coast of Marina di Ravenna, the Adriatic Sea glistens under the sun as marine biologist Linda Albonetti stands in a gently bobbing boat.