Eight children and one adult died on Pemba Island after consuming sea turtle meat. On the island, which is part of the Zanzibar archipelago, nine individuals ate sea turtle meat, which is ...

While all other sea turtles have hard, bony shells, the inky-blue carapace of the leatherback is somewhat flexible and almost rubbery to the touch. Ridges along the carapace help give it a more ...

The green turtle is a large, weighty sea turtle with a wide, smooth carapace, or shell. It inhabits tropical and subtropical coastal waters around the world and has been observed clambering onto ...

More than 400 endangered sea turtles have washed ashore on India's east coast in an event not witnessed in over two decades. Olive Ridley turtles travel thousands of miles for ideal nesting ...

Sea turtles can survive being struck by a boat propeller — but as they heal from the trauma, their shells often change shape, bulging from air building up within their bodies. That throws the animals' ...