The prognosis is good for a giant sea turtle that was rescued in New Caledonia, a French overseas territory located in the South Pacific Ocean. The female loggerhead turtle, which experts estimate is ...

Upon arrival, responders found the large turtle weighed down and debilitated, covered in epibiota—marine organisms that live on other animals. This included layers of a variety of algae, acorn ...

Sea turtles have an average lifespan of 20 to 30 years. During that timeframe, they experience changes in ocean chemistry, ...

A Lewes nonprofit is asking boaters to report sightings of an injured loggerhead sea turtle in the Indian River Bay. The endangered turtle has noticeable algae, barnacles and a rear shell injury. MERR ...

Biologists from the New England Aquarium drove loggerhead sea turtles from the Aquarium’s Sea Turtle Hospital to Fort Fisher, ...

KEY WEST, Fla. — A 170-pound loggerhead turtle nicknamed “Molly” was back home in the warm waters of the Florida Keys on Tuesday after a successful surgery to remove a life-threatening tumor inches ...

MELBOURNE, Fla. (AP) -- She may not wear a pearl necklace like her namesake from the TV show, "Leave it Beaver," but June Cleaver, the 230-pound loggerhead turtle, nevertheless was happy as a clam to ...

YASMINE JULMISSE WPBF 25 NEWS. RIGHT NOW, 17 SEA TURTLES ARE BEING NURSED BACK TO HEALTH. THEY WERE RESCUED AFTER LAST WEEK’S COLD WEATHER AND BECAME STRANDED IN THE COLD WATERS OF NORTHERN FLORIDA.

MELBOURNE, Fla. – She may not wear a pearl necklace like her namesake from the TV show, “Leave it Beaver,” but June Cleaver, the 230-pound loggerhead turtle, nevertheless was happy as a clam to be ...