GAINESVILLE, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) - June 16th is World Sea Turtle Day. These amazing creatures have been swimming in our oceans for over 100 million years! But six of the world’s seven sea turtle ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jacksonville University, in partnership with Mickler’s Landing Turtle Patrol, launches a new program aimed at protecting and conserving sea turtles and their coastal habitats. The ...

ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. – Beach tilling in St. Johns County to help maintain sea turtle nesting habitats began on April 3 and will continue in phases throughout the week. St. Johns County Coastal ...

I’d watched the viral Instagram videos of the sea turtles, I’d read a report monitoring their habitat and I’d even heard from a friend who recently saw the turtles with her own eyes. Still, the first ...

The public can now see rescued green sea turtles at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach thanks to a newly built area dedicated to their rehabilitation. And for now, that includes the famous ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico— As a result of a petition filed by conservation groups, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced that nesting habitat for leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico— Conservation groups filed a legal petition today urging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to revise protected critical habitat for the leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys ...

Sea turtles have traversed the deep, blue sea for over 100 million years, according to the World Wide Fund for Nature. Today, seven distinct species exist, according to seeturtles.org. Six of them ...