As explained by the Associated Press earlier this month, the number of stranded sea turtles in the New England area "has multiplied over the last 20 years, filling one specialized animal hospital with ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The South Carolina Aquarium admitted its smallest patient into its Sea Turtle Care Center after it was found floating on marine debris. Chia, a Kemp’s ridley sea turtle, was ...

Light gray-green, with a smooth, almost perfectly circular shell and a large, triangular head, it is the smallest species of sea turtle, topping out at two-and-a-half feet long and 70 to 100 pounds.

ASHEVILLE, N.C.— The Center for Biological Diversity sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today for delaying critically needed Endangered Species Act protections for the southern bog turtle and ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A lawsuit was filed on Monday against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), reportedly aimed to highlight the urgent need to protect the smallest turtle species in the ...