Nesting female marine turtles arrived at La Escobilla beach on Mexico's Oaxaca Pacific coast, in their annual migration, a sign that life is about to burst forth from scorched grains of sand. Every ...

“Turtles were around before dinosaurs, and they watched them emerge, prosper, and disappear altogether. Without changing their body plan at all, turtles further observed the rise of birds and mammals.

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 ...

It’s an exceptional thrill and a privilege of living on our coast: watching a huge sea turtle lumber in from the ocean, lay her eggs on the beach and head back to the water. Green sea turtle season ...

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A critically endangered Kemp's Ridley sea turtle nesting. NPS The Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle—the world’s smallest, rarest and most endangered—faced a troubled history. But now, the species has a bit of ...

MISSISSIPPI, USA — For the first time in four years, an endangered sea turtle made her nest on the beaches on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Scientists said that it took this long because of problems ...

A Kemp's Ridley sea turtle, the world's rarest and most endangered sea turtle species, recently made the Galveston shoreline its home, laying eggs on a new beach near the corner of Seawall and 86th ...

This marks the start of what conservationists hope will be an active nesting season along Tamil Nadu's busy shoreline. It ...