Newly hatched sea turtles ‘swim’ their way out of buried nests into the world 1. When green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) emerge from the egg, they are buried in sand up to a metre deep.

But despite their long history on this planet, sea turtles are now facing an existential crisis. Of the seven species that swim in our oceans today, all face potential threats. The hawksbill sea ...

In 2008, I had just begun volunteering at Equilibrio Azul — a non-profit marine-research and -conservation organization based in Quito — when colleagues discovered a hawksbill sea turtle ...

Watching sea turtles hatch from the nest could be considered a “Kodak moment,” but the photos and video clips Thomas took of her baby boy crawling next to the crawling baby sea turtles have ...

When baby sea turtles hatch from their buried eggs, they use their powerful flippers to make their way up through the sand. A new "sand-swimming" robot, inspired by those hatchlings, could one day ...

Sea turtle migrations are impressive: These aquatic reptiles swim thousands of miles across ... more insights into this advantageous behavior. Baby loggerhead turtles can identify specific ...

KELLY: And just to describe - I was looking at pictures ... baby turtle goes or whether it's drifting or swimming? MANSFIELD: I would say that we know very little about certain times and aspects ...