Leatherback sea turtles start life the same size as other sea turtles. As they age, however, they grow progressively larger.

Female sea turtles lay their eggs, cover the nest with sand and then return to the ocean, leaving them to develop and hatch on their own. Female sea turtles lay their eggs, cover the nest with sand ...

A new study indicates that smaller loggerhead and green sea turtles are nesting on Florida beaches than in the past; however, researchers aren't sure why. The findings give clues to the status of the ...

Baby sea turtles respond even more to fluctuating precipitation than to changes in air temperature during their development in the egg. The effects of precipitation differ depending on the species—or ...

Researchers from the University of Central Florida are puzzled about the tiny turtles nesting on Florida beaches. Katrina Phillips, Gustavo Stahelin, Ryan Chabot, and Katherine Mansfield authored the ...

A rare type of sea turtle is on the road to recover at the Georgia Sea Turtle Center in Jekyll Island, Georgia. But this ...