Did you know that sea turtle hatchlings instinctively travel from their nests to the ocean? In a process called “sea finding,” these small creatures use natural light to find their way to the sea.

"It took him a while but once he got going, he was moving at great speed," said one caregiver of Lou's swimming Benjamin VanHoose is the Senior News Editor on the TV team at PEOPLE. He has written ...

Goody the sea turtle lost her left flipper years ago after she got stuck in a fishing net. She was left immobile — until a team of researchers in Thailand fitted her with the country's first ...

VIERA, Fla. — Sea turtles along the Florida coast from Jacksonville to Brevard are falling sick and wildlife experts are trying to find out why. The turtles — primarily Green sea turtles — have been ...

PHUKET, Thailand (Reuters) - Thai turtle Goody lost her left flipper years ago after she was entangled in a fishing net, leaving her immobile and stressed out in captivity. But now Goody, an ...

Eleven leatherback turtles are swimming across the Pacific Ocean to the Galapagos Islands in a "race" that will be tracked online to draw attention to the plight of the critically endangered creatures ...

When baby sea turtles hatch from their buried eggs, they use their powerful flippers to make their way up through the sand. A new "sand-swimming" robot, inspired by those hatchlings, could one day ...

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A 268-pound loggerhead sea turtle named Swim Shady made her triumphant return to the Atlantic Ocean on Monday morning, nearly three months after she was badly injured in a boat collision off Florida’s ...

PHUKET, Thailand – Thai turtle Goody lost her left flipper years ago after she was entangled in a fishing net, leaving her immobile and stressed out in captivity. But now Goody, an endangered olive ...