Sea turtles famously lay their eggs in nests on sandy beaches. And then a couple of months later, droves of tiny turtle hatchlings emerge from eggs that look a little bit like ping-pong balls, and ...

New research is revealing that baby sea turtles do not simply drift on ocean currents during their first epic journey. Instead, they carry a built‑in magnetic sense that lets them read Earth’s field ...

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Massive waves churned up by hurricanes Humberto and Imelda in the Atlantic are crashing onshore along the Florida coast, and that’s causing major issues for baby sea turtles. The conditions are so bad ...

Researchers set out to catch baby turtles in the Gulf of Mexico to tag them and learn more about where they go when they scurry to the sea after hatching. Sea turtles famously lay their eggs in nests ...