VENICE, Fla. — If you’ve been to the beach lately, you might have noticed stakes with pink tape taking up your spot on the sand Well, those are surrounding turtle nests. Going to the beach looks a ...

An African softshell turtle shows plenty of personality while being introduced up close. Its flexible shell may look unusual, ...

These teensy tiny turtles of Appalachia barely survived a biblical flood. Inside the effort to build them a new home.

Seven Kemp’s ridleys and one loggerhead are back fending for themselves off the Cape. The New England Aquarium released eight more sea turtles into the sea this week after they were treated for a ...

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (WTOC) - A sea turtle-themed art exhibit is returning to Hilton Head Island later this month to raise money and awareness for local sea turtle conservation efforts. The ...

An endangered sea turtle named Lucky washed up in Nova Scotia last year. Scientists are trying to solve the mystery of why she and other turtles are traveling so far north. The Kemp's ridley is the ...

FLORIDA — Marine biologist Tabitha Siegfried spent 92 days saving and rehabbing a sick turtle she found before releasing the healthy animal back into the ocean. Siegfried rescued a loggerhead turtle ...

MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) - Sea turtle nesting season is underway across South Carolina. There have been more than 6,000 nests recorded so far this year, a figure that already surpasses last year’s ...

Questions are swirling over what happens to the guns, vehicles and $164,000 in donations from Johnsonville’s police department. North Carolina authorities say a man is dead and another has been ...

Maine (WABI) - Here in Maine turtles are at the tail end of nesting season, meaning that this is the time of year where you’re most likely to see turtles crossing the road. While they’re most active ...

TYBEE ISLAND, Ga. (WTOC) - Tybee Island is having its biggest sea turtle nesting season in history. So far, 39 sea turtle nests have been made during the 2026 nesting season, according to the Tybee ...

The origin of turtles has puzzled scientists. A new study provides more evidence that these shelled reptiles share a common ancestor with crocodiles and birds. By Sara Novak See more of our coverage ...