The turtle was found covered in organisms on a beach near Galveston, Texas, on March 7 Gabrielle Rockson is a Writer-Reporter for PEOPLE. She joined PEOPLE in 2023 and covers entertainment and human ...

The turtle is now receiving care from the Gulf Center for Sea Turtle Research and veterinarians from the Houston Zoo "We are hopeful for her recuperation and eventual release back into the Gulf," ...

GALVESTON, Texas — A massive Kemp’s ridley sea turtle that washed ashore along the Texas coast is now recovering after being rescued by researchers and treated by veterinarians. The endangered turtle ...

A massive Kemp’s ridley sea turtle — the world’s smallest and most critically endangered sea turtle species — washed ashore on a Galveston, Texas, beach on March 7, 2026, launching an emergency rescue ...

Leatherback sea turtles have started to nest on the Treasure Coast. Leatherbacks, loggerheads and greens are the most common species found on the Treasure Coast. Lights and obstacles on the beach can ...

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Around the world, many conservationists are celebrating increases in sea turtle population growth. Cape Verde in West Africa now has 100 times as many loggerhead turtle nests each year as there were ...

The Turtle Survival Center, run by the Turtle Survival Alliance, exists to buy time for species that no longer have much of it. Founded in 2013 in South Carolina, the center functions as a ...

An underpass installed beneath a busy stretch of road in Eliot a few years ago has led to “a substantial reduction in turtle mortalities,” according to a state biologist. A Blanding’s turtle in the ...

The Gulf Center for Sea Turtle Research, the Houston Zoo and the Galveston Island Park Board returned 100 sea turtles to the Gulf of Mexico days after they'd been rescued from the weekend freeze.

Researchers suggest that an earthquake spooked a mob of sea turtles gathered together in a prehistoric sea. By Carolyn Wilke Rocky cliffs run into the Adriatic Sea near Ancona, Italy. There, above the ...

VELAS, India — Little kids giddily squeal as a baby sea turtle, flippers flapping, lurches toward the water with the grace of a drunk lunging for a cab at closing time. Tourists applaud as about a ...