turtles

A sharp drop in the temperature of the water off the coast of North Carolina sent hundreds of sea turtles into a state of shock, requiring them to be rescued, reports WCTI Channel 12.

The recent discovery of a fluorescent hawksbill sea turtle could shed more light on the role of biofluorescence in nature.

A scandal enveloped the zoo after tourists were found to be mounting giant tortoises and forcing them to walk by poking them with a screwdriver.

Bisphenol A, a chemical used in plastics that mimics estrogen, can alter turtles’ reproductive systems and disrupt sexual differentiation.

Kiko, a member of the UpCycle Club, is shown here touching a turtle in Bali. He said that they just let people touch them if given some food.

More than 1,600 turtles have escaped, albeit slowly, from a turtle farm.

Thousands of endangered sea turtle eggs were crushed by heavy machinery on the Caribbean island of Trinidad.

The two loggerhead sea turtles weighing in at 90 pounds and 125 pounds were both found weak in the wild, covered in parasites, and facing buoyancy issues.

Thai customs officers discovered several hundred live turtles as well as other uncommon animals in suitcases at the main airport in Bangkok, media reports on Thursday say.