Lucky the green sea turtle suffering from the mysterious shell condition. Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital/Wildlife Warriors "So far, 26 turtles are currently undergoing treatment, one turtle has ...

When we picture sea turtles in the wild, it's easy to envision them as armored warriors—their hard, resilient shells serving as near-impenetrable shields against oceanic threats like sharks. These ...

Customs and Border Protection seized 1,400 sea turtle scutes, or shell pieces, from 100 turtles at an air cargo warehouse. Endangered Hawksbill and Green turtle shells were seized at Miami ...

According to CBP, more than 1,400 Hawksbill and Green sea turtle shells were packed into five large boxes. The shells were covered with a blue coating and registered as plastic recycling in an ...

As reptiles, sea turtles breathe air. But that doesn’t mean they can’t forgo oxygen for extended periods of time. Sea turtles with hard shells can dive to depths of 980 feet or more.

A green sea turtle is improving after being found stranded on a North Carolina beach with over 1 ½ pounds of barnacles and other organisms on its shell, seashore officials announced over the weekend.

Green sea turtles are endangered and highly protected, so Finn knew he had to tell the authorities about his discovery. ... 1998, noted several injuries on an injured green sea turtle’s shell. ...

A woman brought a sea shell home from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and dozens of strange green worm-like critters emerged from it. It’s a mystery what they are.

First Atlantic satellite tracks of ‘lost years’ green turtles support the importance of the Sargasso Sea as a sea turtle nursery. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 288 ...

Their shells might be green, but green sea turtles get their name from their green-colored fat, which is believed to be colored by all the green plant matter that they eat.