the Gulf Center for Sea Turtle Research and the Galveston Island Park Board, according to a blog from the Houston Zoo. ZOO CHANGES: The Houston Zoo to close historic exhibit space in March ...

1 in 1,000 turtle hatchlings are expected to survive after they're born. Sea turtles lay about 80 to 120 eggs. There are five Florida sea turtle species: Hawksbill, Kemp's ridley, Loggerhead ...

GALVESTON, Texas — A large group of green sea turtles are back home in the Gulf after a long ordeal that began last fall. The 24 cold-stunned sea turtles were recently released from Stewart ...

Nineteen endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtles named for Taylor Swift songs finished their ‘recovery era’ and were released back into the wild on Wednesday. The Kemp’s ridley sea turtles ...

JUNO BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Sea turtle nesting season is officially underway, which means thousands of turtles will come to our local beaches to lay their eggs from now through October.

Every year, hundreds of loggerheads, Kemp’s ridleys, greens, and other sea turtle species wash ashore on Massachusetts beaches, mostly along the coast of Cape Cod Bay. Stranding season peaks in ...

MARATHON, Fla. (WFLA)— A 200-pound sea turtle named JP Saul was released on Thursday after recovering from a flipper amputation. JP Saul was spotted by two fishermen entangled in a stone crab ...

FLORIDA KEYS, Florida (KFOR) – A 200-pound green sea turtle named JP Saul was released back into the ocean on Thursday, March 6, after recovering from a flipper amputation. Two fisherman spotted ...

The islands in the South China Sea serve as an important habitat for sea turtles, with 90 percent of China's sea turtle population found there. "Sea turtles have a unique habit — they return to ...

BILOXI, Miss. (WDAM) - The Mississippi Aquarium released 19 Kemp Ridley sea turtles on Wednesday. Kemp Ridley turtles are physically small but are a largely endangered species, so it was important ...

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