Many animals that live in water need to come up to the surface to breathe, but they can still spend impressive lengths of time submerged thanks to a few clever tricks.

The only aquatic creature cuter than a sea turtle is an axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum). These adorable amphibians have ...

Authorities uncovered nearly 2,000 pounds of trafficking cargo, including body parts from critically endangered green sea ...

An adolescent loggerhead sea turtle named Dilly Dally is back in the Atlantic Ocean, months after having a front flipper amputated at a Florida turtle hospital. The turtle was brought ...

The three men were arrested on Sept 27, 2023, by the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA), which found the suspects with green turtle body parts packed inside 39 sacks and 14 boxes on ...

Published in the journal Endangered Species Research, the study examined 48 sea turtle populations located in different parts of the world and analyzed the effect of factors identified as threats to ...

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.

Researchers have recovered Homo erectus bones from the seafloor, which points to an unknown hominin population hunting on land that is now underwater in Southeast Asia.

but parts of a marine ecosystem giving both environmental and economic benefits to coastal communities. In some places, former poachers now lead visitors to view nesting turtles as part of an ...

“They just don’t know, they’re coming from all different parts of the country.” Dead or injured sea turtles should be reported to Escambia County Marine Resources at 850-281-5904 or the ...

and the scales overlap each other all over the body. This creates an extremely strong and durable layer of skin. This layer makes it difficult for jellyfish to sting a sea turtle, as they cannot ...

The first sea turtle has nested in Alabama for the year. Yesterday, Alabama Coastal Foundation—a nonprofit that works to protect sea turtles in the state—was alerted to a nest on Fort Morgan ...