Or just a bizarre phenomenon? A Loggerhead sea turtle hatchling on Hilton Head Island on Wednesday came out of the nest with two heads, according to a Facebook post by the Hilton Head Island Turtle ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hatchlings emerge from a nest recently at Harbor Island. Sea turtles have adapted nesting strategies such having 3-5 nests in a ...

Cartoons often suggest turtles wear shells like removable armor. Those stories show turtles stepping out, swapping shells, or ...

A Turtle Hospital staffer observes Aubie, a loggerhead turtle that was found Thursday, Oct. 17, 2023, in distress at a Florida Keys resort with a spear through its head. The Turtle Hospital ...

It's a long-held idea that turtles can tuck their heads into their shells when threatened. But is it true? And is this protective trick why turtles the world over have shells today? The answer is that ...

BALD HEAD ISLAND, N.C. (WTVD) -- A unique program on the North Carolina coast is working to restore the sea turtle population, especially Loggerheads, the main species seen in the state. According to ...

Hilton Head Island Sea Turtle Patrol announced Saturday it has marked 350 sea turtle nests and an estimated 14 hatchlings on the island as the season, which runs from May until October, reaches its ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A 170-pound sea turtle was found with a spear through its head on rocks near a resort in the Florida Keys. The turtle, “Aubie,” was discovered by guests at the Lime Tree Bay ...

A Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle came ashore on Hilton Head Island on Friday morning to create the first nest of the 2019 sea turtle nesting season on the island. Her trip was well-documented. She was the ...

A tiny sea turtle hatched Thursday morning on Hilton Head Island and scrambled its way to sea. It happens so often on Hilton Head’s beaches that beachgoers may step over turtle tracks without ...

Veterinarians in the Florida Keys did all they could to save a loggerhead sea turtle found last week with a spear through its head. But by Saturday, they made the difficult decision to euthanize the ...