On a warm, sunny day last April, two researchers from Chicago's Shedd Aquarium went to count conchs in the country's Exuma ...

Researchers examined the diet and plastic ingestion of green sea turtles inhabiting waters around the Ogasawara Islands, ...

When scientists finally measured the most powerful bite ever recorded, the winner wasn’t T. rex. It was something far older, ...

Six months ago, a striped mud turtle with a broken shell was found on the Gulf Coast of Florida, and thanks to a ...

Q. I recently read about a dog in Florida trained to find some kind of rare turtle. I know dog breeds have been taught to ...

Crocodiles and alligators are usually the apex predators in whatever environment they live in. Their massive jaws and armored ...

“During their long journey to Ogasawara Islands, the green turtles are likely to ingest and accumulate plastic distributed ...

Few sights in the animal kingdom are quite as arresting as an American alligator staring head-on towards you. All sharp teeth ...

These "total monsters of fishes" are extinct today, though new clues about their lives come from CT scans and their closest ...

While adult turtles need large tanks, hatchling turtles can be temporarily kept in turtle tank setups designed specifically ...

Nowadays, John Byrd and his team have no trouble finding the turtles they seek: The researchers simply attach a transmitter ...

A clear, traveler-friendly guide to Florida sea life that must stay in the water, helping you enjoy the coast responsibly.