Learn more about turtles and tortoises at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and sea turtles at the Smithsonian's Ocean Portal. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Textile Design: Turtle Motif ...

Sid Bruce Short Joe and Christine Holroyd, with the Pormpuraaw Art and Culture Centre, use lost or discarded fishing nets to create sculptures of sea turtles and jellyfish, two totem animals of ...

While all other sea turtles have hard, bony shells, the inky-blue carapace of the leatherback is somewhat flexible and almost rubbery to the touch. Ridges along the carapace help give it a more ...

At least 30 green sea turtles have been found dead on a beach of a remote Japanese island, with many having been stabbed in the neck. Locals on Kumejima island made the discovery last Thursday ...

Green sea turtles live a good life on Bilang-bilangan and Mataha islands in Berau regency, East Kalimantan, Indonesia.The two islands, known as ...

West Orange police and firefighters were called to the Sea Turtle Recovery building at about 9:45 p.m where firefighters extinguished a blaze, a township spokesman said Thursday. No people were ...

Last month, a 365-pound green sea turtle was rescued after getting struck by a boat and entangled in a crab trap, according to the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission. On Thursday ...

There were 382 sea turtle nests recorded this year on all sandy beaches inside the bases — 100 more than last year’s count. Bases Environmental and Police Officer Alexia Perdiou said a ...

WEST ORANGE, N.J. -- Lightning hit a Sea Turtle Recovery Hospital at the Turtle Back Zoo in New Jersey, causing the building to catch fire. The lightning struck the building around 9:40 p.m. on ...

Caleb Goellner is writing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles x Naruto while Hendry Prasetya oversees its illustrations. Starting in October, the miniseries will go live both digitally and in stores so ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Sea turtles in the Guanabara Bay of Rio de Janeiro are getting healthier after struggling for years with a tumor disease that hampers their movement, sight and ...