After months of careful treatment and recovery, three young green sea turtles glided back into the ocean this week, marking ...

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.

The green sea turtle is an uncommon sight in Greek waters, where the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) is much more ...

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 ...

Cartoons often suggest turtles wear shells like removable armor. Those stories show turtles stepping out, swapping shells, or treating them like clothing. Biology disagrees. A turtle shell is not an ...

Green sea turtles are protected under the Endangered Species Act. A photo recently posted on social media showing a sea turtle with its shell removed has led state officials to emphasize the proper ...

TORTOLA— Following approval from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, a 143-pound green sea turtle whose shell was cracked in several places after it was hit by a boat in Virgin Gorda is being ...

Some Midwesterners dream of trading winter for warmth by moving to Florida to start a new life. For Nickel, the green sea turtle in the 90,000-gallon Caribbean Reef exhibit at the Shedd Aquarium, the ...