Already, the climbing temperatures are threatening the viability of all hatchlings. Research on loggerhead sea turtles in ...

The shells of the hawksbill sea turtle have been used for luxury items for centuries, but with the species now endangered, ...

CUTCHOGUE, New York -- During an early December cold snap, the New York Marine Rescue Center in Riverhead, New York, says it ...

“Climate change certainly is allowing those numbers of turtles to get in where normally the numbers weren’t very high years ago,” he said. Cold-stunned sea turtles, sometimes near ...

Last year didn’t have those winds, said Kennedy. As ocean temperatures continue to rise due to climate change, sea turtles are following those waters farther north in the summer, the National ...

Now, strandings average between 600 to 800 turtles, with some years topping 1,000. Climate change fuels this shift, as the warming waters in the Gulf of Maine draw sea turtles farther north.

Sea turtles suffering from hypothermia are washing up on the beaches of Cape Cod, Mass. — a situation that has become routine ...

The changing water temperature and wind patterns cause some turtles to become hypothermic this time of year as the seasons change. “With sea turtles, the big reason why these animals are ...

As global warming fills the plankton-rich waters of New England with death traps for sea turtles, the number of stranded ...