Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A female loggerhead turtle that was rescued after wedging itself between rocks Monday morning did not nest during her interrupted ...

Rising temperatures have caused a major spike in female sea turtle births along Florida’s coast, PEOPLE reports. According to researchers, every sea turtle born on the beaches of Florida in recent ...

Sea turtle nests hit record highs in Florida this year, tripling last year's numbers. Most new turtles are girls, because a turtle's sex depends on the temperature they sit in as an egg. This is ...

In today’s “huh?” news, it seems that the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles gang once included a lady turtle. That series introduced Venus, notably the only turtle named after a work of art instead of an ...

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Some social media users are claiming that rising temperatures are affecting the ratio of male to female sea turtles in Florida. A post on Twitter claims that every sea turtle born in Florida this year ...

SARASOTA, Fla. — Each morning during sea turtle nesting season, which occurs between May 1 and Oct. 31, scientists and citizen volunteers comb 35 miles of shoreline in Sarasota County, Fla. They look ...

Green sea turtles are struggling because of climate change, habitat destruction, erosion and other threats. Matteo Colombo In a nest of green sea turtle eggs, the sex of the hatchlings depends on the ...