Researchers at Loggerhead Marinelife Center found the earliest leatherhead nest in its monitoring history on February 25.

Never take a wild turtle home with you. Turtle species native to Delaware are prohibited from being owned as pets, according ...

It's not genetics that determine a sea turtle's sex, it's the temperature of the sand. The tipping point is roughly 85 degrees for a species that's predominantly female. "If it's too warm you don ...

Conservation efforts are helping green turtle ... series of 53 study sites spanning a vast area of the Pacific for over a decade to gain insights into the ecology of two species sea ...

More: Sea turtle hatchlings emerge from nest on Vanderbilt Beach, make first journey to the Gulf And: Sea turtle hatchling trapped in Bonita Beach sandcastle, volunteers say "By 2011, the count ...

Which species of sea turtle is most common in Florida? According to nesting data, loggerhead is the most common, followed by green turtles and leatherbacks. Nests in Volusia, Flagler by species ...

The turtles’ survival is now made more complicated by climate change, particularly since the species have temperature-dependent sex determination. On Heron Island, anywhere from 200 to 1,800 female ...

The Gulf of Mexico is home to five of the seven sea turtle species; loggerhead, green, hawksbill, Kemp’s Ridley, and leatherback. Kemp's ridley.

The green sea turtle Chelonia mydas swims in these same tropical waters. For millions of years, it has been gracefully grazing in the fields of the native seagrass species.

Delaware has 15 native turtle species, ... Green sea turtle. Green sea turtles are the largest hard-shelled turtles in the ocean, growing to 3 to 4 feet long and 300 to 350 pounds.

A green sea turtle nesting site was recently spotted for the first time on a reef in the Nansha Islands in the South China ...