The Bramble Park Zoo has announced the passing of their alligator snapping turtle, Bowser, from complications of cancer.

Snapping turtles aren’t like other wildlife. They’re powerful, fast, and unforgiving if handled incorrectly. This video looks at how people have traditionally located and handled them and why that ...

A loggerhead sea turtle named Gumus (Silver) traveled a staggering 24,000 kilometers (14,913 miles) across the Mediterranean ...

Happy New Year. As we embark on 2026, here’s a brief guide to the natural year in Georgia: ...

The loggerhead turtle named Molly underwent a three-hour-long operation to remove her massive neck tumor Courtesy of The Turtle Hospital In August, fishermen found a loggerhead sea turtle with a ...

KEY WEST, Fla. — A 170-pound loggerhead turtle nicknamed “Molly” was back home in the warm waters of the Florida Keys on Tuesday after a successful surgery to remove a life-threatening tumor inches ...

KEY WEST, FLA. (WSVN) - It was home sweet home for a beloved sea turtle that was released after months of recovery in the Florida Keys. Molly the loggerhead finally returned to the water from a beach ...

KEY WEST, FLA. (WSVN) - A loggerhead sea turtle that was caught in a crab trap line has returned home after getting a helping hand in Key West. The massive loggerhead, named Molly, spent three months ...

Researchers taught young loggerhead turtles to associate certain magnetic fields with feeding, prompting a distinctive dance when they recognized the signal. After a magnetic pulse briefly disrupted ...

Loggerhead turtles are able to sense Earth's magnetic field in two ways, but it wasn't clear which sense the animals use to detect the magnetic field when navigating using the magnetic map they are ...

BOCA RATON, FL— New research on Florida's vital nesting beaches suggests that the slope of the sand and the placement of man-made structures may be more important to a loggerhead sea turtle's nesting ...

Florida's beaches—particularly those in Palm Beach County—are among the world's most vital nesting grounds for loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta), accounting for 90% of all loggerhead nests in ...