JAMAICA, Queens (WABC) -- Why would a bunch of turtles leave their comfortable swampland around Jamaica Bay, and wander onto a busy runway at JFK Airport? They've been using the runway to lay their ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X To mitigate nest loss, volunteers like Bill Thomae dig up and relocate live eggs Credit: Neal ...

From a young age, the river turtle embarks on a tough journey; the chance of a turtle hatchling surviving to adulthood is small. Survival varies depending on turtle species and habitat, but for river ...

One nest is located on a high sandy shelf due to erosion, a hurdle for hatchlings to reach the ocean. Researchers are monitoring the situation and will determine the best course of action to aid the ...

FLAGLER BEACH — Lori Ottlein likes turtles. She already had a couple of pet turtles, known as cooters, named Sam and Ella, when one day, more than two decades ago, she saw some people on the beach ...

The first loggerhead sea turtle nest of the season was found on April 6 in Juno Beach, marking the second earliest loggerhead nesting recorded since 1983. Researchers at Loggerhead Marinelife Center ...

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist's weekly newsletter. In the middle of a steamy July night on the Wassaw Island beach, near Savannah, Georgia, volunteer Gabi Steinbach ...

There are seven species of sea turtle alive today, and they are found in oceans all over the world except the Arctic. Many of them travel thousands of miles between the areas where they forage for ...

Scientists who chart the Kemp's ridley sea turtles along the Texas coast are hoping for another successful season following last year's record-breaking number of nestings. "At Padre Island National ...