Rehabilitated sea turtles eagerly swam back into the Gulf Tuesday morning. Hundreds of visitors and locals gathered on the Cape San Blas shoreline and waited for what they thought would be the release ...

SANIBEL, Fla. — Coyotes on Sanibel Island could be threatening the sea turtle population, after conservation experts report ...

American oystercatchers at-large are making gains. But in Florida, the state-threatened shorebird is struggling to hold onto ...

Other threats include accidental drowning in fishing gear, over-harvesting of turtles and eggs, and predation of eggs and hatchlings by foxes, feral pigs, dogs and goannas. Species found in Australia ...

Green sea turtles are the largest hard-shelled turtles in the ocean, growing to 3 to 4 feet long and 300 to 350 pounds. Their shells are gray, brown or olive-colored; they're called "green" sea ...

JUNO BEACH, Fla. — Another sea turtle made its way home after being rehabilitated by Loggerhead Marinelife Center. Hundreds gathered Wednesday morning to watch Dilly Dally go home.

The turtles also serve as “ecosystem engineers” by creating depressions on river bottoms that provide microhabitats for smaller aquatic organisms. Long-term studies by the Texas River Systems ...

A massive loggerhead sea turtle hit by a boat off Florida's Atlantic coast arrived at a turtle hospital needing medical care, but at 302 pounds (137 kilograms), Pennywise was too large to fit ...

Article continues below this ad Historically hunted for their meat, alligator snapping turtles were nearly wiped out in parts of the U.S. due to overharvesting in the early 2000s.

10. Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) Leatherback Turtle. Image by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Southeast Region, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. The leatherback sea turtle stands ...