Researchers at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School have developed a method to read the chemical layers inside sea turtle shells like a biological stopwatch, reconstructing years of an animal’s ...

Amelie, a three‑limbed Kemp's ridley sea turtle, headed back into the Atlantic off Juno Beach on Wednesday with a satellite ...

Sea turtle shells record life history layer by layer over many years, clearly revealing diet, stress, movement, and ocean ...

JUNO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A massive loggerhead sea turtle hit by a boat off Florida's Atlantic coast arrived at a turtle hospital needing medical care, but at 302 pounds (137 kilograms), Pennywise was ...

Techniques developed to study the distant past—from dating ancient artifacts to reconstructing climate records in ice cores—are now being repurposed to help us better understand the lives of modern ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. JUNO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — An adolescent ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The hundreds of beachgoers who crowded onto Tybee Island's North Beach will have to forgive Westie the loggerhead sea turtle for ...

They’re also a few of the new names bestowed upon sea turtles that a team from the New England Aquarium’s turtle hospital ...

DESCRIPTION: Loggerhead sea turtles are named for their large heads, which contain powerful jaws and a thick beak. An adult loggerhead's top shell is slightly heart-shaped with a reddish-brown color; ...