When vets could only retrieve two fishing hooks lodged in a sea turtle’s digestive tract, a local gastroenterologist stepped ...

A morning run at Bonsteel Beach Park turned into a wildlife rescue after a Brevard County woman discovered a nesting sea ...

The sea turtle design is the second-most popular specialty license plate in the state.

A Florida sea turtle named Lola spotted a bearded fireworm and made a bold choice most creatures would avoid at all costs.

Her rescuers say the once-shut-down turtle is now showing natural behaviors they feared she had lost forever ...

Turtles in SW Florida often end up on highways and other roads. Awareness of their presence is important as is knowing how to safely remove them.

An international team of scientists from the U.S., France, Australia, and Germany, including Senckenberg researcher Uwe Fritz has published the ninth edition of the atlas "Turtles of the World." The ...

Sea Turtle: Sea turtles are ancient species, having been around since the time of the dinosaurs. Fossils from the oldest marine turtle date back 120 million years. Females and males are the same size ...

As little as 9,000 years ago, a sofa-sized turtle paddled around the Brazilian Amazon. The finding, based on a fossilized jawbone, reveals that some of the most massive turtles ever lived relatively ...

Hans-Dieter Sues | Curator, Paleontology, National Museum of Natural History In a fit of pique, according to one of Aesop's fables, the god Hermes made the animal carry its house forever on its back.

A 63-year-old Lake Worth Beach resident is facing a criminal charge after wildlife officers say he tried to sell a shell ...