All sea turtle species are threatened worldwide. They migrate long distances in the oceans—often thousands of kilometers—and ...

When baby sea turtles hatch from their buried eggs, they use their powerful flippers to make their way up through the sand. A new "sand-swimming" robot, inspired by those hatchlings, could one day ...

'Go, turtles, go!': On Padre Island, endangered baby sea turtles take their first swim Newly hatched Kemp's ridley sea turtles are released on Malaquite Beach every summer.

This robot can swim under the sand and dig itself out too, thanks to two front limbs that mimic the oversized flippers of turtle hatchlings. It’s the only robot that is able to travel in sand at ...

It’s hatchling season along Florida’s Gulf Coast, but on Anna Maria Island, baby sea turtles are facing tougher odds than usual. Conservationists say artificial lighting is disorienting the newborn ...

Baby sea turtles are born with odds already stacked against them. Mothers lay anywhere from 50 to 200 eggs which incubate under the sand for 60-80 days before they hatch.

Researchers set out to catch baby turtles in the Gulf of Mexico to tag them and learn more about where they go when they scurry to the sea after hatching.

To say that these baby sea turtles’ journey into the water was epic and majestic is an understatement. Part of what makes their journey so incredible is how dangerous it is.

Satellite transmitters help Cristina Miranda to understand the movements and habitats of endangered hawksbill sea turtles in the eastern Pacific Ocean.

The zoo said that “major weather events like hurricanes can waylay baby sea turtles” caught in the storm or making their first swim into the ocean.

A university's science wing has become a turtle sanctuary after hundreds of hatchlings were rescued from storm drains.