According to NOAA, cold-stunning is a condition where sea turtles become very weak or inactive after being exposed to cold ...
Due to being reptiles, many sea turtles can’t strictly regulate their own body temperatures like mammals or birds can. The leatherback sea turtle is the closest in the species to being able to ...
MUROTO, Kochi Prefecture--An endangered leatherback sea turtle found dead in a fishing net in local waters here in June had swallowed two plastic bags, an autopsy of its stomach contents showed.
Turtle populations continue to face unpredictable challenges from climate change, according to a joint study between ...
The reptiles, an endangered species, were incapacitated when the water temperature plummeted after a rare winter storm hit ...
A U.S. district court has issued summary judgment against a lawsuit filed by conservationists attempting to stop the opening of leatherback sea turtle habitat to commercial sablefish harvesting, ...
Loggerhead sea turtles are sentinels for changing oceans. In a new analysis covering nearly 30 years of data on turtle ...