Techniques developed to study the distant past—from dating ancient artifacts to reconstructing climate records in ice cores—are now being repurposed to help us better understand the lives of modern ...

The ocean is home to an extreme variety of species and animals. This diversity results in amazing adaptations and appearances ...

Researchers at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School have developed a method to read the chemical layers inside sea turtle shells like a biological stopwatch, reconstructing years of an animal’s ...

Sea turtle shells record life history layer by layer over many years, clearly revealing diet, stress, movement, and ocean ...

The National Aquarium rescues and rehabilitates endangered sea turtles suffering from cold stun, helping them recover before returning to the ocean.

A bizarre-looking sea turtle left beachgoers doing a double take after it washed ashore in Texas looking like it had a coat ...

JUNO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — An adolescent loggerhead sea turtle named Dilly Dally crawled into the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday morning, months after having a front flipper amputated at a Florida turtle ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — As summer heats up, so does nesting activity for sea turtles along Virginia’s coast. Conservationists say this year’s nesting season is shaping up to be one of the busiest in ...

VIRGINIA BEACH — A small crowd formed near Buff’s Community Garden along the Oceanfront early Wednesday morning. Inside a couple buckets, two sea turtles squirmed, ready to be released into the gentle ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Nineteen sea turtles were released back into the ocean Wednesday in Jacksonville after receiving months of rehabilitation. Officials with the Johnny Morris Sea Turtle Center at ...

The ocean is awash with plastic— more than 171 trillion pieces, scientists have estimated, and growing all the time. Animals ...