Kraken, a green sea turtle, is in recovery after a harrowing boat strike in Abu Dhabi.

The 2,000-pound leatherback is the fourth-largest reptile. Leatherback turtles can grow up to eight feet long. Unlike other reptiles, leatherback turtles use thermoregulation to warm up or cool down.

A crowd has gathered to see off Rose, a loggerhead sea turtle, who labors across the Tunisian sand to rejoin the waters of the Mediterranean. For the last month, Rose has been recovering at the First ...

On World Sea Turtle Day, scientists highlight how sea turtles navigate vast oceans and face challenges from pollution and habitat loss.

Molly, a loggerhead turtle native native to the water around the Florida Keys, returned home to Higgs Beach on Nov. 25 after undergoing life-saving surgery earlier in 2025. Believed to be ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — SEA LIFE Kansas City wants you to help name its newest sea turtle. The Kemp’s ridley sea turtle, the most critically endangered sea turtle species, flew across the country more than ...

This Snapping Turtle laid her eggs next to the paved trail at Audubon Community Nature Center last spring. Visitors watched them hatch last weekend. Photo by Jeff Tome People have all kinds of rituals ...

Leatherback sea turtles start life the same size as other sea turtles. As they age, however, they grow progressively larger. These giants of the reptile world are relics from the Late Triassic and the ...