Green turtles start out their life all the same: buried in sand. Read here to learn how green turtle hatchlings emerge.

“Turtles were around before dinosaurs, and they watched them emerge, prosper, and disappear altogether. Without changing their body plan at all, turtles further observed the rise of birds and mammals.

FOLLY BEACH, S.C. (WCBD) – The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) on Wednesday announced that three men are facing punishment after posting a Snapchat video of them digging up a ...

FOLLY BEACH, S.C. — (AP) — Three young men on vacation at a South Carolina beach dug up a marked loggerhead turtle nest causing 71 of the 90 eggs not to hatch, wildlife officials said. The men posted ...

BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Rare loggerhead sea turtles are busy digging nests and laying eggs on beaches in Georgia and South Carolina. Wildlife officials in both states have reported finding dozens of ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — State wildlife officers arrested a Fort Lauderdale man Wednesday after they said witnesses saw him digging through a loggerhead sea turtle nest, grabbing the new hatchlings and ...

Professor by night, park ranger by day, protector of sea turtles always. That was the late Hank Smith, a unique person in Florida’s environmental history. I knew him as a colleague at Florida Atlantic ...