Kemp’s ridley sea turtles are the smallest sea turtle in the world. The species is named after Richard M. Kemp, a fisherman from Key West, Florida, who first submitted the species for identification ...

Yellow-morph green sea turtles in the Galápagos surprised scientists by staying remarkably close to home instead of making the long journeys typically associated with sea turtles. Satellite tracking ...

Left: An olive ridley turtle nesting near the Huntington Beach Pier. Right: Eggs laid near Seal Beach. Left: Huntington Beach Fire Department. Right: NOAA Fisheries. Both via Facebook This month, ...

When a tiny diamondback terrapin emerged from its egg on Cape Cod this summer, it had everything a turtle hatchling should have: four legs, a patterned shell and a short tail. Except instead of one ...

Using shipping containers as the basis for a structure—also known as "cargotecture"—seems like a simple approach to building. Perhaps deceptively so. While it's true that containers are a quick, ...

The yellow-spotted turtle has a domed and dark colored shell. They have yellowish-orange head markings. There is usually a single barbel on the chin. These side-necked turtles cannot retract their ...

As dawn breaks on Mataking Island off Sabah’s east coast, a tiny green turtle crawls across the sand, driven by instinct towards the surf before disappearing into the ocean on a journey that could ...

More than 200 eggs from the first documented natural sea turtle nests on the U.S. West Coast were moved Friday from two Orange County beaches to the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach due to ...

Historic sea turtle eggs discovered along the Southern California coastline have been relocated to the Aquarium of the Pacific ahead of this weekend’s hazardous surf, which threatened to wash away the ...

Marine Life in Distress State Coordinators and State Liaisons for the Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network Use the stranding hotline numbers below to report a dead, sick, or injured sea turtle to ...