Big hearts of the sea. Dramatic footage shows the moment kind-hearted Indonesian villagers returned a 420-pound leatherback turtle to the ocean after finding it stranded on a beach. “At first, we ...

Poaching of a critically important population of endangered hawksbill sea turtles along the coast of Nicaragua has dropped by more than 79 percent, thanks to a unique program developed by the Bronx ...

The sad truth is, turtles are often neglected and overlooked in the fossil record. If paleontologists want to study trends of speciation and diversification during the Mesozoic, they usually look to ...

Tucker the Turtle has had a tough time. Tucker was far from his warm home waters off the Pacific Coast of Mexico. Perhaps he was swept off course by December storms. Or maybe domoic acid from the ...

The moment a beached leatherback turtle was rescued and released back into the ocean was caught on video. Indonesian villagers spotted the 420-pound turtle beached in an estuary on June 10 near Oping ...

ENGLEWOOD, Fla. (WFLA) — A dramatic turtle rescue was caught on camera in Englewood Beach. The video shows a nesting loggerhead sea turtle, who was lost far from the water. Volunteers teamed up to get ...

NEW YORK (Jan. 26, 2004)-- Poaching of a critically important population of endangered hawksbill sea turtles along the coast of Nicaragua has dropped by more than 79 percent, thanks to a unique ...

(WFLA, NBC NEWSCHANNEL) A dramatic turtle rescue was caught on camera recently in Englewood Beach, Florida. The video shows a nesting loggerhead sea turtle, who was lost far from the water. Volunteers ...

Turtles have roamed the Earth for over 200 million years, but modern hazards like swimming pools threaten their survival.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There are few things more beautiful—or dramatic—as a sea turtle hatching. Each year, thousands of mama turtles return to the ...