Scientists estimated that a green sea turtle could contain up to 26.4 grams of plastic, equivalent to approximately 10 ...

Hampered by climate change, rising temperatures, and beach erosion, endangered sea turtle populations already face an uphill ...

South Carolina United Turtle Enthusiasts (SCUTE) volunteers moved 160 loggerhead turtle eggs in Pawleys Island in Thursday morning. SCUTE head Rick Scott said it was the largest turtle nest they’ve ...

As for feeding on the hatchlings, ghost crabs use their large claw to restrain the small turtles, while the small claw cuts through the soft skin around the neck. This partially or fully severs the ...

Sea Turtle hatchling season is here and volunteers with the Folly Beach Turtle Watch Program were able to track two seperate ...

Turtles have been around for 200 million years—outliving dinosaurs, surviving ice ages, and basically minding their own ...

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (WSAV) — Hilton Head Island welcomed their first loggerhead sea turtle hatchling of the 2025 season ...

The first sea turtle hatchlings of the year have made their debut on Edisto Island over the weekend, marking the beginning of ...

There are seven species of sea turtle alive today, and they are found in oceans all over the world except the Arctic. Many of them travel thousands of miles between the areas where they forage for ...

This stunning sea turtle isn’t albino—it's leucistic. Here's what makes this pale yellow turtle so rare and how it beat the odds to survive.

Sea turtles by the numbers: June 7-13, 2025 Nests this week: 71 (69 loggerhead, 2 green) False crawls this week: 96 (95 loggerhead, 1 green) ...

Green and loggerhead turtles nest and swim in shallow, reef-sheltered waters here that welcome visitors to see them close-up. Best time to visit: May to October (nesting), July to December ...