this beach now sees dozens of baby turtles making their way to the sea each year. The festival usually kicks off in February or March and draws volunteers and visitors from all over. It's not just ...

Each nest can contain 100 eggs. When do baby Kemp's ridley sea turtles hatch? Kemp's ridley sea turtles take six to eight weeks to hatch after eggs are laid. Typically, the Padre Island National ...

These events offer the public a rare opportunity to watch baby sea turtles begin their journey into the Gulf of Mexico. In the meantime, officials are urging visitors and locals to keep a sharp ...

These are loggerhead sea turtles, and for years their numbers have been in decline. In fact, according to the Center for Biological Diversity, there may be only around 50,000 of them left in the wild.

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 ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Endangered sea turtles show signs of recovery in a majority of places where they’re found worldwide, according to a new global survey released Thursday. “Many of the turtle ...

Some had embedded themselves into the turtle's soft tissues and mouth. "[Sea turtles] become heavily encrusted when they are ill and tend to move less and float at the surface more," a ...

Wildlife experts said there were 685 nests from loggerhead sea turtles in 2024, marking a record number laid in one season. Staff documented 284 nests hatched and 20,633 hatchlings born.