This traveling exhibit features nine larger-than-life sculptures of animals made from trash and debris washed up from the ...

People often use the words turtle and tortoise interchangeably, but these reptiles have distinct differences: Turtle shells are typically more flattened and not as deeply domed as tortoise shells, but ...

Green turtles (Chelonia mydas), or green sea turtles, are herbivorous reptiles found in subtropical and tropical waters all over the world. Their name comes from the green fat deposits under their ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service must designate protected critical habitat for green sea turtles under a new legal agreement with ...

Maui Ocean Center Marine Institute Volunteer Lead Responders Alan Espiritu and Bruce Weyermann release a sea turtle patient back into the ocean at Po‘olenalena Beach Park in this undated photo.