The green turtle is a large, weighty sea turtle with a wide, smooth carapace, or shell. It inhabits tropical and subtropical coastal waters around the world and has been observed clambering onto ...

Hauled out Hawaiian green sea turtles snooze on the Makena shore in August last year. While interactions with honu are more common on Maui as the population rebounds, all sea turtles are listed as ...

A lone hawksbill turtle approaches Jim Luecke, Maui Ocean Center’s assistant curator, during a dive off Maui’s southern coastline. Hawksbill sightings are extremely rare in Maui waters.

Maui, part of the Hawaiian archipelago, is a dream destination for most travelers, even those with stamped-up passports. With ...

The Hawaiian archipelago is blessed with rare stretches of black sand beaches, a spectacular phenomenon created when hot basaltic lava meets the ocean. One of the most famous, and remote, black ...

as to whether green turtles would be saved or harmed by allowing them to be “the buffalo of the sea.” Alison Rieser, a professor of ocean policy in the Department of Geography at the University of ...

Hawaii Nautical also offers a seasonal 8 ... On this adventure, you'll snorkel at Turtle Canyon with green sea turtles and tropical fish, and then cruise around Diamond Head looking for dolphins ...

Lady Elliot Island named best place in the world to snorkel and Mon Repos the number one destination for seeing turtles in ...

And for another, this beach is often visited by honu (Hawaiian green sea turtles) that like to swim to and sun on the shore. You might also catch a glimpse of a hawksbill sea turtle from time to time.

PUNALUʻU, Hawaiʻi— The Center for Biological Diversity has filed a legal intervention opposing a proposed resort development on one of Hawaiʻi’s most renowned black sand beaches that would harm local ...

The cold temperatures are affecting not only people in the Coastal Bend, but also wildlife. The Texas State Aquarium announced Monday that 297 cold-stunned green sea turtles were brought into the Port ...