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 ...

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 ...

Jekyll, Wassaw, and Blackbeard islands each saw the arrival of loggerhead nests, marking the beginning of what experts anticipate will be another active nesting season. " It’s like clockwork,” ...

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 ...

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 ...

Snooki, a female loggerhead sea turtle, had her public debut at Shark Reef in Discovery Bay at the Minnesota Zoo in ...

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 ...

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 ...