CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Officials with the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources are asking for the public’s help in identifying turtles that may be stranded because of the recent ...

Researchers with the World Wildlife Fund have developed ShellBank, the world’s first global marine turtle DNA database, to ...

A Florida State University marine biologist is enhancing conservation efforts by identifying areas in the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf coasts that expose protected marine turtles to the highest risk of ...

An initiative in Sri Lanka stalled by the COVID-19 pandemic is looking to get back on track to identifying individual marine turtles in the island’s waters. The Turtle ID project uses photos taken by ...

Marine scientists at Florida Atlantic University release a baby loggerhead sea turtle. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by ...

Sea turtle trafficking is difficult to trace because eggs, shells, meat, and other products can move far from the nesting ...

A little-known turtle found only in Louisiana and Mississippi now has a slow but steady proposed plan from the federal government to save its species. The plan estimates it will take about 60 years ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Blanding's turtle is a threatened species in Iowa. (Photo courtesy of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources) Iowa is home to 13 ...

MADISON, Wis. – With turtle nesting season soon underway, state conservation biologists and highway officials are joining forces to encourage Wisconsinites to hatch a brighter future for slow-moving, ...