The green turtle is a large, weighty sea turtle with a wide, smooth carapace, or shell. It inhabits tropical and subtropical coastal waters around the world and has been observed clambering onto ...

A little Atlantic green sea turtle now named Petunia owes her life to Robert Moraghan, a retired UPS driver who spotted the endangered juvenile stranded at Towd Point, about five miles north of ...

A leading marine biologist is aiming to establish a North Atlantic Sea Turtle hospital in Ireland after another disorientated ...

First Atlantic satellite tracks of ‘lost years’ green turtles support the importance of the Sargasso Sea as a sea turtle nursery. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 288 ...

JUNO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Eight green sea turtles were released back into the Atlantic Ocean on Tuesday, nearly a month after an arctic blast brought a rare snowfall to northern Florida and left ...

A green turtle wearing its satellite tag, pre-release (Permit number NMFS-19508). Kate Mansfield But the sea also collects plastic from the surrounding currents, much like the Pacific Garbage Patch.

The green sea turtle, a threatened species with a beautiful starburst pattern on its shell, can be found all over the world. The Atlantic Ocean population often nests in Florida and travels as far ...

Aug. 3, 2011 — -- They called him Andre-- an endangered green sea turtle that washed up in 2010 on a sandbar on Juno Beach in Florida, nearly dead after a boat ran him over with its propeller ...

The most common surgery performed at the Turtle Hospital is the removal of viral tumors called Fibropapilloma, that affect over half of green sea turtles. In this short film, The Atlantic goes ...

Eight green sea turtles were released back into the Atlantic Ocean on Tuesday, nearly a month after an arctic blast brought a rare snowfall to northern Florida and left the aquatic reptiles ...

JUNO BEACH, Fla. – Eight green sea turtles were released back into the Atlantic Ocean on Tuesday, nearly a month after an arctic blast brought a rare snowfall to northern Florida and left the ...