Per the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, cold-stunning occurs when water temperatures drop below 50 degrees, which is too cold for sea turtles to maintain their body temperature.

Sea turtles can get attacked by sharks, become immobilized by cold weather and weakened by disease. More often, sea turtles collide with boats or get entangled in fishing gear. In 2023 ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Using satellite trackers, scientists have discovered the whereabouts of young sea turtles during a key part of their lives. “We’ve had massive data gaps about the early ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Using satellite trackers, scientists have discovered the whereabouts of young sea turtles during a key part of their lives. New eagle camera is going live in Minnesota to the ...

Cold-stunning occurs to hundreds of sea turtles off Cape Cod yearly when water temperatures drop and wind patterns change in the winter months. Turtles often get trapped in the hook of the Cape ...

Mr Mallat said the project could help in the study of those patterns, particularly among loggerhead sea turtles, as Besma now bears a tracking device. “It gives us a significant advantage for ...

Twenty cold-stunned juvenile green turtles rescued from the frigid waters off Florida’s east coast are receiving care at Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium’s Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Hospital.

We've put them at risk, but with a little help, they're rebounding. Green sea turtles congregate near a dock in the Bahamas. They were so numerous during Columbus’s day that “it seemed the ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- After more than a week under the care of the Gulf Center for Sea Turtle Research and the Houston Zoo veterinary department, more than 40 sea turtles were returned to the ...

Hundreds of dead, vulnerable sea turtles washed up on South Asian beaches last week near the city of Chennai, India. These turtles were identified as olive ridley turtles, an endangered species ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Using satellite trackers, scientists have discovered the whereabouts of young sea turtles during a key part of their lives. Lack of doggie day care rules leaves many pet owners ...