Slow and steady wins the race. It’s a sentiment that has shadowed turtles for years, and perhaps, for good reason. Turtles are slow, but wise. Sea turtles, however, are nothing short of amazing. Sea ...

Highly mobile marine species can travel long distances, which in some cases extend over entire ocean basins. This is especially true for sea turtles, which have a spatially complex life cycle that for ...

Sunday, June 8 is World Oceans Day and we’re going to look at California’s state sea reptile as well as other turtles in our waters. One or more of the seven species of sea turtles can be found in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The leatherback sea turtle offers a rare look into ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — June 16 is recognized as World Sea Turtle Day! Animal experts believe sea turtles have been on earth for more than 100 million years. In Hawaii you will see sea turtles swimming in ...

The biggest turtle ever described wasn’t an ancestor of today’s leatherback turtles or any other living sea turtles. But it looks like there are some things about being a giant, skin-shelled sea ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - During a fishing trip in southern Alabama, a family of four discovered a fossilized shell of a 32-million-year-old leatherback sea turtle. A family of four recently discovered ...

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