"What's good for the animals, what's good for the habitat, ends up also being good for us." Researchers sound the alarm over ...

While experts know details about its diet, size, and general habitat, the aquatic reptile’s skin characteristics have ...

Marine turtles have been in our oceans for over 100 million years. They’re brilliant navigators, swimming hundreds or thousands of kilometres between feeding and nesting grounds. But they face lots of ...

With serpentine necks, flippers and a mouth full of needle-sharp teeth, plesiosaurs have captured imaginations since ...

Turtles are practically storming the beaches ... In the long run—the only scale that matters for a creature this ancient—humans may turn out to be just one more obstacle.

Habitat destruction, pollution, climate change, and illegal wildlife trade all pose significant risks to turtle populations.

making turtles one of the oldest reptile groups and a more ancient group than lizards, snakes or crocodiles. Of the many species alive today, some are highly endangered. Turtles are ectotherms ...

As ancient as the dinosaurs, the leatherback sea turtle is something of a dinosaur itself — and the heaviest reptile on the planet. This champion swimmer, whose diving capabilities are unmatched by ...

A large and pointed head with a sharp beak and strong jaws probably helped the ancient turtles feed on slow-moving marine creatures such as jellyfish and shellfish as well as seaweed and floating ...

Sea turtle populations are rising thanks to conservation efforts, but climate change and habitat loss still threaten their ...