Researchers at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School have developed a method to read the chemical layers inside sea turtle shells like a biological stopwatch, reconstructing years of an animal’s ...

Sea turtle shells record life history layer by layer over many years, clearly revealing diet, stress, movement, and ocean ...

Learn how researchers use archaeological techniques to show how sea turtle shells grow in layers that capture chemical clues about diet, movement, and ocean change over time.

A sea turtle in Kansas City is now swimming with ease after receiving a custom weighted harness. Tortellini the sea turtle ...

New "tissue clock" technique reconstructs sea turtle life histories from shell chemistryMIAMI — Techniques developed to study the distant past—from ...

The sea creature arrived at San Diego's Birch Aquarium in 2014 Ingrid Vasquez is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE. She graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor in Journalism.

A new study found trace amounts of nuclear waste in sea turtles in the Marshall Islands and five locations in the continental United States, underscoring the enduring legacy of nuclear testing and ...

MARATHON, Fla. (AP) – A dentist used denture repair adhesive to help mend an endangered green sea turtle’s fractured shell in the Florida Keys. On Thursday, Fred Troxel examined Elena, a 40-pound ...

Cartoons often suggest turtles wear shells like removable armor. Those stories show turtles stepping out, swapping shells, or treating them like clothing. Biology disagrees. A turtle shell is not an ...

They’re also a few of the new names bestowed upon sea turtles that a team from the New England Aquarium’s turtle hospital rehabilita ...