Aquarium of the Pacific vet tech Tanya Camper-Rosser, left, and aquarist Julia Locke release a 60-pound, loggerhead turtle an hour out to sea on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024.

BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA — The giant Pacific leatherback turtle, known for its arduous 6,000-mile (10,000 km) ocean trek from the U.S. West Coast to breeding grounds in Indonesia, could go extinct ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The giant Pacific leatherback turtle, known for its arduous 6,000-mile ocean trek from the U.S. West Coast to breeding grounds in Indonesia, could go extinct within 20 years ...

North Pacific loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) hatch on the shores of Japan and spend much of their time in the open Pacific, but sometimes mysteriously crop up in Mexico, 9,000 miles ...

A subadult sea turtle heads out to sea after being released by staff of the Aquarium of the Pacific in Seal Beach, CA, on Thursday, May 16, 2024.

The Aquarium of the Pacific is working to rehabilitate a sick loggerhead sea turtle, which was rescued near Avila Beach in San Luis Obispo County. (Photo courtesy Robin Riggs/Aquarium of the Pacific).

An endangered sea turtle that endured months of rehabilitation after it was rescued off the Central Coast earlier this year was released back into the ocean Wednesday. The Aquarium of the Pacific ...

Marine scientists will track the green sea turtle, a threatened species, to see if it sticks around the San Gabriel River or heads to warmer waters off Mexico. Skip to content.

Aquarium of the Pacific vet tech Tanya Camper-Rosser, left, and aquarist Julia Locke release a 60-pound, loggerhead turtle an hour out to sea on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024.

Marine scientists will track the green sea turtle, a threatened species, to see if it sticks around the San Gabriel River or heads to warmer waters off Mexico. Skip to content.

Aquarium of the Pacific vet tech Tanya Camper-Rosser, left, and aquarist Julia Locke release a 60-pound, loggerhead turtle an hour out to sea on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024.

The green sea turtle waddled his way into the San Gabriel River in Seal Beach, set free into the ocean. For about six months, the sea turtle has been cared for by a team at the Aquarium of the ...