skeleton shrimp, bryozoans, and other small invertebrates. Some had embedded themselves into the turtle's soft tissues and mouth. "[Sea turtles] become heavily encrusted when they are ill and tend ...

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.

Hanging above the tank itself is the skeleton of a turtle larger than any sea turtle now living, the Archelon, which lived about 70 million years ago, measured 15 feet in length and weighed 4,500 ...

“These sea turtles often strand with epibiota — organisms ... acorn and gooseneck barnacles, worms, crabs, skeleton shrimp, bryozoans, and other small invertebrates. Some barnacles had ...

Endangered sea turtles show signs of recovery in a majority of places where they’re found worldwide, according to a new global survey released Thursday. “Many of the turtle populations have ...

Lezcano et al, Using the axial skeleton as armor: Mechanical behavior of sea turtle carapaces throughout ontogeny, Journal of Experimental Biology (2025). DOI: 10.1242/jeb.249959 ...

Endangered sea turtles show signs of recovery in a majority of places where they’re found worldwide, according to a new global survey released Thursday. “Many of the turtle populations have ...

A global survey of 48 sea turtle populations shows recovery in over half the regions studied. Atlantic sea turtle populations are rebounding faster than those in the Pacific. Leatherback turtles ...

The sea turtle nesting season has begun in Cyprus and the first nests for this year have been identified on the beaches of Polis Chrysochous, it was announced on Friday. The Department of ...