Padre Island National Seashore is reducing volunteer patrols for the upcoming Kemp's ridley sea turtle nesting season. Volunteers and community members have expressed concern that fewer nests will be ...

Kemp’s ridley sea turtles, one of the most endangered sea turtle species on Earth, live in some of the noisiest waters on the planet, right alongside major shipping routes. New research reveals that ...

The Turtle Survival Center, run by the Turtle Survival Alliance, exists to buy time for species that no longer have much of it. Founded in 2013 in South Carolina, the center functions as a ...

PADRE ISLAND, TX — Padre Island National Seashore has significantly reduced the number of volunteers allowed to search for Kemp's ridley sea turtle eggs, limiting field teams to just four volunteers ...

Without official explanation from Padre Island National Seashore, community members are left to speculate about the reasoning behind the volunteer reduction. Italy launches investigation as newly ...

An underpass installed beneath a busy stretch of road in Eliot a few years ago has led to ‘a substantial reduction in turtle mortalities,’ according to a state biologist. A Blanding’s turtle in the ...

For more than 30 years, we’ve been a proud supporter of Essex County Turtle Back Zoo. This year, our employees and their families rolled up their sleeves for the annual Turtle Back Zoo Day of Service, ...

The V.I. National Park Sea Turtle Program, run by Friends of Virgin Islands National Park, has been cataloging underwater photographs of sea turtles, and a paper on their research has been published ...

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KEY WEST, Fla. — A 170-pound loggerhead turtle nicknamed “Molly” was back home in the warm waters of the Florida Keys on Tuesday after a successful surgery to remove a life-threatening tumor inches ...

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