The world's largest coral reef is in trouble. Environmental group WWF is working with researchers, government agencies and community groups in the country to learn more about the effects of pollution ...

Frederic Janzen writes Climate change and temperature-dependent sex determination in reptiles with the goal of using painted turtles (Chrysemys picta) as a model for the drastic effect climate change ...

(CN) – Sea turtle populations in Pacific coral reefs are increasing, according to a study that reveals the positive results of environmental protection efforts around the world and gives researchers ...

Amidst the tide of plastic pollution, beached whales, and dwindling coral reefs, some good news has just come out of our oceans. Green turtles, an endangered marine turtle species named for the layer ...

A green sea turtle in a horizontal underwater over-under shot with blue skies and fluffy clouds above, and the coral reef below.© J nel/Shutterstock.com A Saudi development project—NEOM—whose goal is ...

BALTIMORE - The National Aquarium in the Inner Harbor welcomed in a 42-year-old Kemp's ridley sea turtle from SeaWorld in Orlando, Florida. The turtle made its way to the Aquarium following a 90-day ...

Scientists have made the surprise discovery that a population of critically endangered hawksbill turtles, thought to have been wiped out in the eastern Pacific from Mexico to Peru, has survived by ...

Densities of endangered green turtles are increasing in Pacific coral reefs, according to the first comprehensive in-water survey of turtle populations in the Pacific. Densities of endangered green ...

Signs instruct beachgoers to avoid walking or standing on coral because coral is alive and easily damaged by such actions. Other advice includes choosing sunscreen that’s free of reef-harming ...

The population of endangered green sea turtles that inhabit the coral reefs of the Pacific Ocean is growing thanks to decades-long conservation efforts, according to scientists. However, the study ...

Pummeled by overfishing, the world's coral reef ecosystems "will not survive for more than a few decades" unless drastic action is taken to protect them, experts warn. To forestall a disaster that ...