Thousands to millions of tons of plastic enter the ocean annually, but where they end up is poorly understood.

In fact, it’s six tonnes of plastic debris within the population of female green sea turtles at any given time.

Slow and steady wins the race. It’s a sentiment that has shadowed turtles for years, and perhaps, for good reason. Turtles ...

Sea turtles ingest plastic debris of a variety ... We estimated the size of the global reservoir for female green turtles because we had the most data for that group. We estimate that ...

To estimate how much plastic resides within sea turtles, we built a model ... We estimated the size of the global reservoir for female green turtles because we had the most data for that group.

we built a model using data on plastic ingestion in sea turtles and factors we suspected may predict how much plastic a turtle eats. That includes geographical, socio-economic and ecological factors.

Someone found the juvenile female green sea turtle on April 15 at the Cape Hatteras National Seashore and reported it to the stranding hotline, the seashore's officials said online on May 18.

As endangered sea turtles return to local waters, a carcass on Martha's Vineyard shore serves as a reminder for boaters to keep watch, advocates say.

A female loggerhead turtle that was rescued after wedging itself between rocks Monday morning did not nest during her interrupted trip along the beach, according to the town's sea turtle nesting ...

"The Xisha Islands are favored nesting grounds for green turtles. By protecting the beach where they were born, generations of sea turtles will continue to return to lay eggs," he added.