On a warm morning at Matemwe, a small crowd gathers behind a rope barrier as the sand begins to tremble. A tiny head pushes through a soft mound of earth, then another, and another. Within minutes, ...

A long-delayed beach nourishment project at Croatan Beach is back underway after work was paused earlier this year to protect a sea turtle nest.

This year saw more 1,366 more sea turtle nests on local beaches than last year, including some incubating into November.

When the pulse was applied the team found that the turtles danced less, suggesting that they were previously feeling the ...

Sargassum seaweed is creating major new obstacles for sea turtle hatchlings, drastically slowing their crawl to the ocean and ...

There's more to South Padre Island than pristine beaches, warm sunshine and that laissez-faire island vibe. The island, ...

Mote’s Sea Turtle Conservation and Research Program (STCRP) recorded a total of 5,735 sea turtle nests along the 35 miles of ...

Explore the scientific breakthrough that reveals how baby sea turtles can navigate vast oceans with the help of magnetic cues ...

On the wind-swept sands of Teewah Beach in Queensland, Australia, a fragile pattern emerged at dawn—tiny, barely perceptible ...

Every year, Ana Estrella, Department Chair of Natural and Applied Sciences at Missouri State University-West Plains (MSU-WP), ...

Researchers taught young loggerhead turtles to associate certain magnetic fields with feeding, prompting a distinctive dance ...