Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital has seen a surge of green sea turtles needing treatment for a mysterious disease that appears to "melt" their shells, causing lesions and open wounds on their shells ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Shell-ebrate good times. Come on! Let’s Shell-ebrate. Sea Life Park Hawaiʻi, Mālama i nā honu and 808 Cleanups hosted a World Turtle Shell-ebration for World Turtle Day on Monday, ...

A green sea turtle is improving after being found stranded on a North Carolina beach with over 1 ½ pounds of barnacles and other organisms on its shell, seashore officials announced over the weekend.

Of the seven species of sea turtles on Earth, green sea turtles are the first to be removed from the endangered list. A new report from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) ...

When we picture sea turtles in the wild, it’s easy to envision them as armored warriors – their hard, resilient shells serving as near-impenetrable shields against oceanic threats like sharks. These ...

Slow and steady wins the race. It’s a sentiment that has shadowed turtles for years, and perhaps, for good reason. Turtles are slow, but wise. Sea turtles, however, are nothing short of amazing. Sea ...