It is estimated 250 to 300 sea turtle hatchlings died last year when artificial lighting on Navarre Beach lured them away ...

"We are hopeful for her recuperation and eventual release back into the Gulf," officials said Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024, and ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — The South Carolina Aquarium played a role in helping the Association of Zoos and Aquariums select recipients for its new SAFE Granting Program, which will provide about ...

Padre Island National Seashore is reducing volunteer patrols for the upcoming Kemp's ridley sea turtle nesting season. Volunteers and community members have expressed concern that fewer nests will be ...

PADRE ISLAND, TX — Padre Island National Seashore has significantly reduced the number of volunteers allowed to search for Kemp's ridley sea turtle eggs, limiting field teams to just four volunteers ...

Without official explanation from Padre Island National Seashore, community members are left to speculate about the reasoning behind the volunteer reduction. Congress could be headed for a tipping ...

The Gulf Center for Sea Turtle Research, the Houston Zoo and the Galveston Island Park Board returned 100 sea turtles to the Gulf of Mexico days after they'd been rescued from the weekend freeze.

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 ...

Freshwater extinctions rarely happen overnight, especially in a habitat as large as the Yangtze River. However, it’s still possible for a species to dwindle, and dwindle enough so that only a few ...

For more than 30 years, we’ve been a proud supporter of Essex County Turtle Back Zoo. This year, our employees and their families rolled up their sleeves for the annual Turtle Back Zoo Day of Service, ...

The V.I. National Park Sea Turtle Program, run by Friends of Virgin Islands National Park, has been cataloging underwater photographs of sea turtles, and a paper on their research has been published ...