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 ...

Found primarily in the Gulf of Mexico, but also as far north as Nova Scotia, Kemp’s ridleys are among the smallest sea turtles, reaching only about 2 feet in shell length and weighing up to 100 ...

A loggerhead turtle tangled in fishing gear has been released to the waters of Florida after a 16-month rehab stint at a Florida zoo. Getty Images/iStockphoto ... loggerhead sea turtle is back ...