While most sea turtles warm themselves by swimming close to the surface of shallow waters, the Eastern Pacific green turtle will take to land to bask in the sun. Occasionally seen sunbathing ...

Green sea turtles in the Indo-Pacific region — including populations around Southeast Asia, Australia and the Indian Ocean islands — also show distinct physical and behavioral adaptations.

Green sea turtles congregate near a dock in the Bahamas ... seven sea turtle species and one of the most imperiled. The West Pacific population has fewer than a thousand females.

Pacuare is a nesting site located on the northern Caribbean coast, which sees leatherback, hawksbill and green sea turtles. In Osa, located in the southern Pacific area, we conduct an in-water ...

The sea turtles, ranging in size from 3 to 35 pounds, were released by the Zoo’s sea turtle team and TAMU Galveston’s Gulf Center for Sea Turtle Research.

In response to a Center petition, in 2011 the federal government declared loggerhead sea turtles in the Pacific an endangered species, upgrading their status from the less-protective "threatened" and ...

Green sea turtle recovery has come a long way ... The Mediterranean, Central South Pacific and Central West Pacific populations remain in danger of extinction and remain listed as “endangered.” “I am ...

Locals call it the arribada, Spanish for “arrival”: the magical days and nights when tens of thousands of sea turtles come ashore on Costa Rica’s Pacific ... Named for its green hue, the ...

Two actresses, including one with Disney ties, have apologized for a video filmed in Hawaii that sparked a “social media furor,” officials said.

A recent study has revealed that eating sea turtles can be a recipe for disaster, with at least 420 people killed worldwide ...

In 2023 more than 52,000 sea turtle nests were counted on the beaches of Florida´s Space Coast. From the northernmost point of the Canaveral National Seashore to the Beaches of the Sebastian Inlet in ...