Martin told me she would army crawl up to the turtles on the sand and dab around their eyes with a foam swab, soaking up the goopy tears they exude. Sea turtles regularly shed tears as a way to expel ...

Lenny, a 322-pound loggerhead turtle, was found off the Florida Keys struggling to swim and with visible wounds.

Nineteen cold-stunned sea turtles were released back into the wild in Florida after being rehabilitated at a Missouri aquarium. The turtles were rescued from New England coastal waters in December.

A new study finds these tiny plastic particles in sea turtle nests on a remote Malaysian island. Researchers warn that microplastics could alter nest temperatures, potentially skewing the sex ...

Leonardo acts as the leader of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and his quotes are full of wisdom that show exactly why he's deserving of that role. Many shellheads, though, love the “cool but ...

Nineteen sea turtles that were rehabilitated in Missouri after suffering the effects of cold water temperatures in New England were released Wednesday afternoon into the Atlantic Ocean off of ...

In this image released by the Wonders of Wildlife National Museum Aquarium, staff from the Johnny Morris Sea Turtle Center in Springfield, Mo., release 19 loggerhead and Kemp's ridley turtles that ...

1 in 1,000 turtle hatchlings are expected to survive after they're born. Sea turtles lay about 80 to 120 eggs. There are five Florida sea turtle species: Hawksbill, Kemp's ridley, Loggerhead ...

19 New England Sea Turtles Are Back in the Atlantic Ocean off Florida After Rehabbing in Missouri Nineteen sea turtles that were rehabilitated in Missouri after suffering the effects of cold water ...