Since the 1980s, the global populations and habitats of green sea turtles have seen a significant decline due to factors such as marine pollution, human activities and climate change.

Across Georgia's 15 barrier islands, sea turtle conservation efforts appear to be paying off. Here's a look at a few of them.

Female green sea turtles collectively contain about 60 tons of plastic debris globally, with an individual averaging 26.4 g—roughly the mass of ten ping pong balls.

Conservation efforts are yielding tangible results, with a total of nearly 2,000 nests containing green sea turtle eggs discovered on the Xisha Islands. Photo. Young swans practice flying in Shandong.

One green sea turtle can contain the equivalent of 10 ping ... along with their body size, influence where and how turtles are exposed to plastic debris and how much plastic can fit inside a ...

Future work. Sea turtles are impacted by a changing ocean, and our plastic waste is part of that change. The relatively consistent load of plastic in sea turtles raises questions about risk.

These different behaviours of sea turtles, along with their body size, influence where and how turtles are exposed to plastic debris and how much plastic can fit inside a turtle’s stomach at any ...

Scientists are hoping to unravel the secrets of the green sea turtles that spend their formative years along Aotearoa's ...

Between long-distance swims, Dellora the green sea turtle nests on SWFL beaches, where researchers have found her 12 times - and counting.

A green sea turtle being treated for cold stunning is seen swimming in a tank at Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach, Fla. on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Cody Jackson) JUNO BEACH, Fla.

A green sea turtle is improving after being found stranded on a North Carolina beach with over 1 ½ pounds of barnacles and other organisms on its shell, seashore officials announced over the weekend.