MIAMI (AP) — Federal authorities have announced critical habitat for the threatened loggerhead sea turtle in Florida and five other Southeastern states. The habitat designated by the U.S. Fish and ...

JUNO BEACH, Fla. — A crowd cheered and took photos as two loggerhead sea turtles slowly made their way through the sand and into the Atlantic Ocean on Monday after rehabbing at a Florida marine life ...

CHARLESTON S.C. (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday designated 685 miles (1,100 km) of beaches from Mississippi to North Carolina and 300,000 square miles (777,000 sq km) of ocean off the Gulf ...

Florida's beaches—particularly those in Palm Beach County—are among the world's most vital nesting grounds for loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta), accounting for 90% of all loggerhead nests in ...

The loggerhead sea turtle taken in by the Birch Aquarium at Scripps. Photo courtesy the aquarium Large-mesh drift gillnet fishing has been temporarily banned in a loggerhead turtle conservation area ...

Loggerhead sea turtles make some of the longest known journeys of any sea turtle species. Adapted for these lengthy migrations, loggerheads have a small shell and enlarged flippers. Some migrate more ...

Staff at the Aquarium of the Pacific are rehabilitating a 50-pound loggerhead sea turtle that was recently rescued — with hopes of eventually returning it to the wild. The turtle, estimated to be ...

REUTERS - The Obama administration has agreed by July 1 to map out areas to protect nesting beaches for endangered loggerhead sea turtles as part of a legal settlement with conservation groups. The ...

JUNO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A crowd cheered and took photos as two loggerhead sea turtles slowly made their way through the sand and into the Atlantic Ocean on Monday after rehabbing at a Florida marine ...

From fragile barrier islands to bustling beaches, these ancient mariners face threats from predators, development, plastics, and fishing gear, yet their story is also one of resilience. All sea turtle ...