Loggerhead sea turtles ( Caretta caretta) are pretty loyal marine reptiles. Even with their roughly 8,000-mile-long migrations across oceans, they consistently return to the same feeding and nesting ...

When a hatching sea turtle first pokes its head above the sand and scrambles to the sea, a watching child might ask how the turtle knows where to go and how girl turtles know to come back one day ...

Sea turtles are considered one of the oldest living species on Earth, but it’s been a mystery where their babies go after heading out to sea. Known as their “lost years,” the lack of information makes ...

It’s a hot and windy May day on the Texas Coast, and Donna Shaver’s long ponytail, the color of sand, drips from underneath ...

Sea turtles are renowned for their incredible migrations ... holding their heads near or above the water’s surface, opening their mouths, quickly moving their front flippers, and sometimes ...

For the first time, researchers finally have the tools to track these turtles beyond a few months after their release, thanks ...

March through October, the beaches of Florida's Space Coast transform into a vital nesting ground for thousands of sea turtles.