MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Officials say leatherback sea turtles, which are the world's largest turtles, have appeared in South Carolina waters. The Sun News of Myrtle Beach reported Tuesday that the state ...

The leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) is the largest living sea turtle in the world — and also one of the most threatened. According to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, the global ...

Scientists studying the world’s largest river turtles, a South American species that grows to a length of nearly a meter, or 3 feet, have found the largest nesting aggregation ever recorded. Using ...

THE EVENT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. WELL, IT IS JUNE 16TH, WHICH MEANS IT’S ALSO WORLD SEA TURTLE DAY. BROOKE SILVERING STOPPED BY THE LOGGERHEAD MARINE LIFE CENTER IN JUNO BEACH TO SHARE THE IMPORTANCE ...

A University of Florida research team has developed a more accurate way to count wildlife using drones — an innovation that helped confirm the world’s largest known nesting site for a threatened ...