Sea turtles return to the same nesting sites year after year to grow their populations, but rising global temperatures have disrupted this ancient cycle. New research has found that two sea turtle ...

Turtles, like most critters, instinctively avoid obstacles. Researchers have tapped into this instinct to steer a turtle without sticking probes into its brain or muscles, an achievement that could ...

In a poll to determine which of the world’s turtles would take home the people’s choice award, box turtles would win in a landslide. Sea turtles captivate observers around the globe, but few people ...

Gregarious behavior among oviparous female animals just prior to oviposition can be explained by several mechanisms, including a benefit to offspring survival. By clustering eggs together in one area, ...

Sea turtles are the poster animal for plastics pollution in the ocean. There is a reason why they may be so susceptible to becoming caught up in plastic trash. In a new sea turtle behavior study, ...

Biologists are urging beachgoers to be conscientious as sea turtle nesting season carries on throughout the state, as there may be more turtles nesting on the main Hawaiian Islands than there have ...

SHOREVIEW — Something strange is happening at Lake Judy. A band of four people wander the frozen expanse. They're led by a diviner of sorts, a woman with a gizmo that looks vaguely like a flimsy ...

This video follows the construction of a large turtle pond designed to expand an existing aquarium setup. Builders outline the structural framework, waterproofing, and depth considerations essential ...

Basking behavior of 27 male and 86 female adult painted turtles (Chrysemys picta) in Algonquin Park, Ontario was observed from 12 June-3 August 1994 and from 8 May-27 July 1995. We compared the ...

Caught in an Atlantic hurricane, satellite-tagged loggerhead turtles changed their dive behavior and movement patterns as the storm passed. The tags also recorded changes in the environment. In early ...

With behavioral and migration patterns of endangered olive ridley sea turtles still shrouded in the realm of scientific study, the Odisha forest department has reinitiated the satellite tagging of ...

Scientists are trying to understand how a chemical used in many common consumer products -- think water bottles or food containers -- could be having a strange effect on turtles: making male turtles ...