Light gray-green, with a smooth, almost perfectly circular shell and a large, triangular head, it is the smallest species of sea turtle, topping out at two-and-a-half feet long and 70 to 100 pounds.

BROOKLYN, N.Y. – An endangered sea turtle was returned to the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday, months after he was found stranded on a beach and suffering from hypothermia last winter. Named Elton, the ...

In the back of a large SUV, 15 small sea turtles wrapped in wet towels and packed in individual banana boxes awaited their new lease on life Thursday, preparing to swim off the Louisiana coast after ...

Beach patrols will begin this month across Atlantic Canada in an effort to find and rescue endangered sea turtles that may ...

OUT ABOUT HER JOURNEY HERE TO KANSAS CITY. SHE MIGHT BE CRITICALLY ENDANGERED AND A LITTLE SHY, BUT YOU COULD STILL SEE HER RIGHT NOW AT SEA LIFE. THEY EVEN NEED YOUR HELP PICKING OUT HER NAME FOR ...

Arctic seals are being pushed closer to extinction and more than half of bird species around the world are declining.

CHARLESTON, S.C., Feb 23 (Reuters) - A veterinarian punched a syringe into the tough, wrinkled neck of an endangered sea turtle named Crowe one day this week at the South Carolina Aquarium and drew ...

UF's Whitney Lab cares for hatchlings that were blown away from their seaweed food source by storms or currents.