While most sea turtles warm themselves by swimming close to the surface of shallow waters, the Eastern Pacific green turtle will take to land to bask in the sun. Occasionally seen sunbathing ...

Green sea turtles are among the largest marine turtles ... (Chelonia mydas agassizii), which primarily inhabits the eastern Pacific Ocean, particularly along the coasts of Mexico, Central America ...

Twenty cold-stunned juvenile green turtles rescued from the frigid waters off Florida’s east coast are receiving care at Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium’s Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Hospital.

Twenty cold-stunned juvenile green turtles rescued from the frigid waters off Florida’s east coast are receiving care at Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium’s Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Hospital.

As a result of daytime temperatures plummeting into the 50-degree range last week, hundreds of green sea turtles are being rescued from the colder-than-usual waters off Florida’s East Coast.

In some areas, hunting sea turtles has decreased as awareness and conservation ethics have evolved. Despite significant progress, challenges remain. Pacific ... 19-33 million green sea turtles ...

The Center has repeatedly litigated to safeguard sea turtles from commercial fishing practices off the West and East coasts of the United States and in Hawaii ... In response to a Center petition, in ...

The Mediterranean, Central South Pacific and Central West Pacific populations remain in danger of extinction and remain listed as “endangered.” “My biggest concern with green sea turtles is the loss ...

The Florida Aquarium is intensifying its rescue and rehabilitation efforts to save waves of cold-stunned green sea turtles from the frigid waters off Florida’s east coast near St. Augustine.