The tough-to-recognize creature was identified as an endangered loggerhead sea turtle, and it even had barnacles stuck to its tongue, according to the Galveston-based Gulf Center for Sea Turtle ...

A loggerhead sea turtle was recently saved after she washed up on a beach in Sargent, Texas, covered in barnacles and other ...

Last week, a family walking the beach on the Gulf Coast of Texas spotted an unusual sight in the sand in front of them.

The Scientist spoke with marine biologist and barnacle researcher John Zardus about why turtle barnacles—previously thought to be immobile—in fact slowly travel. He thinks the answer is food. Chloe ...

The juvenile loggerhead sea turtle was covered in layers of a variety of algae, acorn barnacles, gooseneck barnacles, worms, ...

A loggerhead turtle is recovering at the Gulf Center after being found stranded and heavily encrusted in Sargent.

Turtle hospitals and aquariums across the country are caring for sea turtles that stranded on beaches during the winter season, which is now coming to a close amid an uptick in strandings along ...

Loggerhead turtle Billie was found covered in barnacles and suffering from hypothermia on the shores of Guernsey. Disoriented by storms – which are made more frequent by climate change – she ...

Nikki” the three-finned green sea turtle was released into the ocean off North Wall in Coffs Harbour. It had been brought ...

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 ...