Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium’s Sea Turtle Conservation and Research Program documented the first local turtle activity of ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The ATV motored its way along the beach, with the eyes of one volunteer and one paid employee scouting for turtles or turtle tracks or turtle nests. Erica Sertl says it has ...

WESTBOROUGH — Forty years ago, the estimated population for the northern red-bellied cooter, a freshwater turtle that measures 10 to 12 inches long, was estimated to be about 200. Today, thanks to the ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Senator John Cornyn has sent word to Nueces County officials that the Turtle Science and Recovery Program at the Padre Island National Seashore is not going to have its budget ...

Citizen science is ripe with benefits. Programs can involve hundreds, sometimes thousands, of volunteers who collect reliable, long-term and geographically widespread data. These people donate their ...

BOSTON (WPRI) — In honor of Endangered Species Day on Friday, the Massachusetts Division of Fish and Wildlife (MassWildlife) is highlighting the state’s landmark turtle conservation program. The ...

As temperatures rise, the turtle nesting season is beginning. There are several hundred species of turtles, but many of them ...

Jacksonville University is launching a new program aimed at protecting sea turtles and their coastal habitats. The new JU Sea Turtle Program was announced on Monday, which is World Sea Turtle Day.

Jacksonville University is partnering with a St. Johns County sea turtle patrol to expand its marine science work to include hands-on research documenting some of Florida’s signature protected species ...

OAK ISLAND, NC (WWAY) — One of the sea turtle nests along the beach in Oak Island was recently vandalized. The Oak Island Sea Turtle Protection Program says the markers or paint used to write on the ...