The green turtle is a large, weighty sea turtle with a wide, smooth carapace, or shell. It inhabits tropical and subtropical coastal waters around the world and has been observed clambering onto ...

For green sea turtles nesting on the beaches of North Cyprus, adaptation appears to be winning, at least for now. These prehistoric-looking reptiles have been quietly adjusting their reproductive ...

Green sea turtles are adjusting their nesting habits in response to rising global temperatures. Individual females are laying their eggs earlier in the season to cope with warmer conditions ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service must designate protected critical habitat for green sea turtles under a new legal agreement with ...

This adaptation allows them to stay underwater ... Some species, like the green sea turtle, are primarily herbivorous, ...

and green sea turtle populations are staying stable or increasing in Florida due to protections and conservation efforts. See also: Search intensifies for white vessel after offshore hit-and-run ...

Isabela Merced and Cree in "Turtles All the Way Down." Credit: Courtesy of Max For Max's film adaptation of Turtles ... which draws from Green's own experience with OCD, these thoughts are ...

Leatherback and green sea turtles also nest the county’s beaches. Dehart said sea turtles are essential to our marine ecosystem as they indicate the health of the ocean. “Through plastic ...

More sea turtles than usual have been found stranded or dead in Brevard County, Florida. The increase in strandings, mostly juvenile green sea turtles, is likely due to prolonged exposure to cold ...