This group is distinguished by its darker shell coloration, smaller size and differences in body shape compared to other green turtle populations. In addition to the black sea turtle, other ...

The green turtle is a large, weighty sea turtle with a wide, smooth carapace, or shell. It inhabits tropical and subtropical coastal waters around the world and has been observed clambering onto ...

For decades, scientists have wondered about what happens during the so-called lost years between when tiny hatchlings leave ...

An arctic blast that brought a rare snowfall to northern Florida last week left green sea turtles as far south as St.

It is believed that the turtle is one of only two to ever wash up on Irish beaches and only the first to survive ...

Turtles also have flatter shells that are specially adapted ... sea turtle and Kemp’s ridley sea turtle are carnivores (meat-eaters), green sea turtles are herbivorous (plant-eaters), and ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: A turtle's shell is as much a part of its body as our rib cage is of ours. In fact, it is their rib cage, and their spine, and their vertebrae ...

Most turtles live in freshwater ponds, lakes or rivers. Others live in the ocean or on land. Some even live in forests or the ...

A female green sea turtle was killed on Wednesday related to a poaching incident which resulted in the arrest of two men.