Sea turtles navigate the ocean using the Earth's magnetic field, but until now, it was unknown if they could memorize new coordinates. In this study, baby sea turtles in a bowl were exposed to a ...

Are decades of work to save Kemp’s ridley sea turtles paying off yet? It’s a windy May morning on the Texas coast, and dancing sand nips my ankles as I cross an expanse of beach. I’m at Padre Island ...

Lindsay McKenna, a researcher featured in Turtle Beach, studied sea turtle nests and the sounds that baby turtles produce before and after hatching. “The first time I heard a vocalization ...

The shells of the hawksbill sea turtle have been used for luxury items ... where protections are needed most Though they feed along coral reefs, hawksbills return to the beach to nest.

Coral's re-appearance underscores recent SCDNR research showing the importance of our coast to a sea turtle primarily thought of as a Gulf Coast species. Thanks to the South Carolina sea turtle ...

We have to keep the beach clean. We can’t be littering. We need to make sure these baby turtles have a safe home.” While the early nest could signal a strong year for sea turtle hatchlings, the ...

In an incredibly important scene, a plethora of newly-hatched baby turtles, disorientated by city lights in Barbados, found themselves unable to make their way safely to the sea. Instead ...

FEEDING: Loggerhead sea turtles feed on sponges, jellyfishes, sargassum weed, small gastropods, clams, horseshoe crabs, and other bottom-dwelling invertebrates. Coral reefs and shipwrecks can be ...