Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium’s Sea Turtle Conservation and Research Program documented the first local turtle activity of ...

Citizen science is ripe with benefits. Programs can involve hundreds, sometimes thousands, of volunteers who collect reliable, long-term and geographically widespread data. These people donate their ...

WESTBOROUGH — Forty years ago, the estimated population for the northern red-bellied cooter, a freshwater turtle that measures 10 to 12 inches long, was estimated to be about 200. Today, thanks to the ...

After decades of protection, green sea turtles are rebounding and no longer classified as endangered on the global Red List ...

For turtles that grow up in the sea, or in our ponds and swamps, early childhood is often when they're the most vulnerable. They're small, inexperienced, and at the mercy of cars and animal predators.

TYBEE ISLAND, Ga. (WTOC) - Tybee Island is working to make all local businesses more sea-turtle friendly. It’s a new initiative in collaboration with Main Street Tybee Island and Fight Dirty Tybee to ...