Discover the incredible journey of Bootes, a leatherback sea turtle tracked from Florida to New York's coastal waters!

There is no way to definitively say how a green sea turtle ended up a mile from the coast in Dixie County in the middle of a ...

As Conservancy of Southwest Florida wrapped the sea turtle nesting season, the group found storms had big effect on outcome.

CBS News Miami Live Bette Zirkelbach, left, manager of the Florida Keys-based Turtle Hospital, explains the importance of protection of marine environments as youngsters examine "Harlow," a ...

Each March, sea turtle nesting season begins with the females' slow yet determined scooch onto Florida's shores, shoveling ...

This year also marked the first time a documented leatherback turtle nest ... the most numerous of the turtles that lay their eggs on Florida beaches. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...

One turtle that weighed 48 grams or 1.6 ounces – roughly equivalent to 16 pennies – had ingested 287 plastic pieces. Another hatchling that weighed just 27 grams, or less than one ounce, had ...

MARATHON - Twenty critically endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtles arrived in the subtropical Florida Keys Thursday to warm up and receive treatment after suffering "cold stunning" in the waters ...

A baby green turtle (left) and a baby loggerhead (right), excavated by conservationists in Florida. Each March, sea turtle nesting season begins with the females’ slow yet determined scooch onto ...

Each March, sea turtle nesting season begins with the females’ slow yet determined scooch onto Florida’s shores, shoveling away sand with her speckled fins, digging a hole to lay eggs.