This story appears in the October 2019 issue of National Geographic ... In one tub a green sea turtle struggles with internal organ damage. One floor up, sick, critically endangered hawksbills ...

Six juvenile Kemp’s Ridley sea turtles ... remain critically endangered. With the help of organizations like The Turtle Hospital and the support of parks like Canaveral National Seashore ...

24 alleging that the Padre Island National Seashore “shut down and went home” while others worked to save sea turtles. Chesney said during a phone call that his criticisms specifically relate ...

Joseph Bay frigid and weakened its endangered sea turtles to the point of inactivity. Their flippers were paralyzed, they couldn’t come up for air, and their heartbeats were barely perceptible.

On Panama’s remote Pearl Islands, marine biologist Callie Veelenturf is using her research on endangered ... in 2019 to study sea turtles on a grant from National Geographic.

The findings give biologists a better idea of how young turtles use the Gulf of Mexico, a critical region for four species of endangered sea turtles. “It’s not that the sea turtles were ever ...

All species of sea turtles either are listed as endangered or threatened and are protected by federal and state laws. DNR’s stranding network also works with rehab veterinarians to monitor ...

Yet, in recent decades, the survival of sea turtles has been tested like never before, highlighting the critical need for conservation efforts. Climate change, habitat destruction, and human ...

Padre Island National Seashore, Nueces County, Mid-Coast Sea Turtle Rescue, the Amos Rehabilitation Keep, the Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network, and numerous volunteers coordinated to save many ...