Discover how many species of sea turtles there are, the biggest specimens ever discovered, what threats the turtles in our oceans face today, and much more. What is a sea turtle? Sea turtles are ...

A baby spiny turtle has hatched at the Durrell Conservation Trust in Jersey. It is the first ever spiny turtle to be bred in captivity in Europe - and only the second in the world. Spiny turtles, ...

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Marine turtles were around more than 100 million years ago - and lived alongside dinosaurs. These days, scientists recognise seven species of marine turtle: Turtle shells are made of over 50 bones ...

Beachgoers from the Tweed to Batemans Bay have been asked to be on the lookout – and every nest reported to TurtleWatch NSW will be protected ...

A turtle with a permanent smile on its face now has good reason for its happy expression as it has been saved from near extinction. The Burmese roofed turtle has bulging eyes as well as its upturned ...

Climate change is skewing turtle populations by altering hatchling sex ratios. Explore how temperature affects turtles, why ...

Green sea turtles are increasing in Malaysia. The bad news: Olive ridley and hawksbill turtles are still vulnerable and ...

One of the world’s rarest species of turtle has hatched at a British zoo for the first time. The tiny seven-week-old Vietnamese box turtle is so precious that it is being kept in a climate-controlled ...

The cultural stories attached to the turtle dove are so complicated, so varied, that you could well imagine them framing one of those riddles you find inside a Christmas cracker. ‘Which bird, named ...

Focus, argues Jolis, should shift to saving the hawksbill sea turtles.