Sea turtles are anything but graceful on land, which makes it all the more surprising one was recorded dancing on North Carolina’s Outer Banks. The video, shared July 10 on Facebook, shows the ...

If cold-stunned sea turtles aren’t rescued from the low temperatures, they can develop harmful health conditions or even die in some cases.

The reptiles, an endangered species, were incapacitated when the water temperature plummeted after a rare winter storm hit ...

“When it’s cold on land, it’s also cold in the ocean. And that led to a number of turtles being beached or very debilitated and just floating in the water," said Dr. Heather Barron, the ...

While most sea turtles warm themselves by swimming close to the surface of shallow waters, the Eastern Pacific green turtle will take to land to bask in the sun. Occasionally seen sunbathing ...

2 A tortoise by any other name A turtle refers to any reptile with a shell, so all tortoises are technically turtles, too. The main difference is that tortoises live only on land, while turtles ...

As their eggs need two months to hatch — like most sea turtle species — they're also threatened by increased land activity on beaches and coastlines, warmer temperatures and light pollution ...

SCDNR also reminds people to never return a sea turtle that is on land back into the water. Keep your distance from the animal so you do not cause further stress, and if the animal is alive or ...

as well as in areas where access to warmer water is limited or obstructed by the surrounding land. Our area’s cold-stunned turtles are likely to pop up on the north and west ends of the Sound ...