As Hurricane Erin pelted North Carolina’s barrier islands with strong winds and waves this week, it destroyed many nests of threatened sea turtles, burying the eggs deep in sand or washing them out to ...

State environmental officials urged drivers to keep an eye out for turtles on roadways.

As Hurricane Erin pelted North Carolina’s barrier islands with strong winds and waves this week, it destroyed many nests of threatened sea turtles, burying the eggs deep in sand or washing them out to ...

“Thousands of turtles are killed each year while crossing roads and highways,” she said. “You can make a difference by ...

Finding a sea turtle nest on the beach is rare. Only 96 were found last year. Seeing a sea turtle on dry land is even less common, but it does occasionally happen. “I know we get them close to the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dianne Plummer is an Energy Consultant and Certified Energy Manager. Climate change is altering the very biology of turtles, with ...

If you’ve been driving through the countryside lately, you may have noticed box turtles sharing the pavement. Spring rains ...

HOUSTON — With the Fourth of July coming up, a lot of Texans are heading to the beach, but unexpected guests are trying to join the party: sea turtles. Sea turtle rehabilitation facilities along the ...

Requiem’s flapping flippers almost sounded like bird wings fluttering as Morgan Flannagan, a Georgia Sea Turtle Center hospital technician, pulled the green sea turtle from a rehabilitation tank.