An uncommon sea turtle hybrid has been found on a Queensland beach. The animals are a cross between a green turtle and the vulnerable loggerhead turtle. A group of rare turtle hybrids has been found ...

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It was 17 seconds long. A young boy in zombie face paint stood before a local news reporter at an arts festival in Portland, Oregon. When asked about his freshly painted face, he delivered a response ...

It started with the mysterious discovery of more than a hundred turtles, some with their shells smashed, others dismembered, all of them dead. It ended with a potential warning for the future. It was ...

Kemp’s ridley sea turtles, one of the most endangered sea turtle species on Earth, live in some of the noisiest waters on the planet, right alongside major shipping routes. New research reveals that ...

Scientists have been closely monitoring a map turtle population after 10 percent died in 2022. They found a surprising culprit, and are left concerned for the future. A female northern map turtle ...

Researchers suggest that an earthquake spooked a mob of sea turtles gathered together in a prehistoric sea. By Carolyn Wilke Rocky cliffs run into the Adriatic Sea near Ancona, Italy. There, above the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The leatherback sea turtle offers a rare look into ...

Loggerhead turtles are able to sense Earth's magnetic field in two ways, but it wasn't clear which sense the animals use to detect the magnetic field when navigating using the magnetic map they are ...

Frigid seas trap turtles in deadly waters — and put Florida veterinarians on the front line of a climate emergency. Frigid seas trap turtles in deadly waters — and put Florida veterinarians on the ...

In the shallow turquoise waters off the island of Providenciales in Turks and Caicos—a British overseas territory south of the Bahamas—large adult green sea turtles rest on the sandy seafloor, grazing ...

The global population of green turtles has increased approximately 28% since the 1970s, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature Becca Longmire is a digital news writer-reporter ...