Loggerhead sea turtles do an excited "turtle dance" when anticipating food. It's adorable, of course, but it has also allowed scientists to understand better how the turtles navigate. Scientists have ...

These aquatic reptiles swim thousands of miles across the open ocean to return to the same foraging grounds and nesting sites. They don’t always take the shortest, most direct route, but they do ...

Tokelau is a dependent territory of New Zealand, made up of three atolls, in the southern Pacific Ocean. Five-year-old ...

Researchers set out to catch baby turtles in the Gulf of Mexico to tag them and learn more about where they go when they scurry to the sea after hatching.

WASHINGTON — Using satellite trackers, scientists have discovered the whereabouts of young sea turtles during a key part of their lives. “We’ve had massive data gaps about the early baby to ...

Julia Sands-Wyeth recently shared photos on social media of a baby turtle hatchling that was found on the Esplanade at Woodgate Beach. The Sea Turtle Alliance reported several other hatchlings ...