Loggerhead sea turtles return to the place of their birth on Jekyll Island in Georgia each year to lay eggs along the sandy ...

The world's oldest sea turtle fossil shows the ancient animal swam the oceans at least 120 million years ago, when dinosaurs still roamed the Earth, according to a recent analysis.. The now ...

To determine how A. parhami is related to present-day sea turtles, scientists performed a phylogenetic analysis. It is a method that compares the features of many different species of turtle to figure ...

The world's oldest sea turtle fossil shows the ancient animal swam the oceans at least 120 million years ago, when dinosaurs still roamed the Earth, according to a recent analysis.

A team of researchers created a first-of-its-kind computer model that tracks where sea turtle hatchlings go after they leave Florida's shores, giving scientists a new tool to figure out where ...

An isopod that was found on the underside of an olive ridley sea turtle’s shell. Often they’re found feeding on the skin of sea turtles. Nathan J. Robinson, CC BY-ND. In a subsequent study at ...

Sea turtles are considered one of the oldest living species on Earth, but it’s been a mystery where their babies go after heading out to sea. Known as their “lost years,” the lack of ...