One lovely thing about turtles is that they never look busy. They calmly browse the forest or sun themselves on a log, appearing to live a life of leisure. Behind their chill demeanor, however, ...

Watch new episodes of Untamed on Nat Geo WILD. SANTA ROSA NATIONAL PARK, COSTA RICA—It's just after 10:30 p.m. and the Milky Way decorates a moonless sky over Costa Rica’s Playa Nancite, a remote, ...

Often found swimming along the water's edge at Dazzle Beach, Sea Turtles are especially shy critters that will hide inside their shells when approached. However, when receding into their shell, wait a ...

Dozens of endangered sea turtles released off the coast of Georgia On Jekyll Island off the Georgia coast, some sea turtles and people who care about their survival marked a small victory on Thursday.

Leatherback turtles are named for their shell, which is leather-like rather than hard, like other turtles. They are the largest sea turtle species and also one of the most migratory, crossing both the ...

The green turtle is one of the largest sea turtles and the only herbivore among the different species. Green turtles are in fact named for the greenish color of their cartilage and fat, not their ...

Mote Marine Laboratory’s Sea Turtle Conservation and Research Program (STCRP) has documented sea turtle activities and the status of shoreline habitat along 35 miles of coastline since 1982. This area ...