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 ...

Green sea turtles are protected under the Endangered Species Act. A photo recently posted on social media showing a sea turtle with its shell removed has led state officials to emphasize the ...

In one tub a green sea turtle struggles with internal organ damage ... them,” a Spanish priest wrote of Christopher Columbus’s view of Cuba’s sea turtles in 1494, during his second voyage.

Maui Ocean Center veterinarian Paul McCurdy examines a green sea turtle patient at ... There is a large green turtle population on the south side, Cutts said, and the “easily accessible reefs ...

A global study published in Endangered Species Research finds that endangered sea turtles are recovering in more than half ...

Despite 2025 being in its early months, the rising number of green sea turtle deaths in Terengganu has reached an alarming level, with the state Fisheries Department recording 20 cases between ...

This photo provided by the Oceanic Society shows a young green sea turtle in Guyana in 2007. (Roderic Mast/Oceanic Society via AP) ...

HONOLULU (Island News) -- The leading cause of injury to Hawaiian green sea turtles was discovered ... in Hawaii tacked onto the growing sea turtle population poses an increased threat to the ...