Nearly two dozen juvenile green sea turtles are being nursed back to life thanks to a team of dedicated experts at the Turtle Hospital in Marathon, Florida. A staggering 22 young turtles—several ...

A green sea turtle is improving after being found stranded on a North Carolina beach with over 1 ½ pounds of barnacles and other organisms on its shell, seashore officials announced over the weekend.

Serena’s shell was smothered with barnacles, her body weak from infection and exhaustion. Many turtles don’t make it this far. But this rescue team believed in her. They gave her warmth, space, care — ...

MARATHON, FLA. (WSVN) - Twenty-two young sea turtles are being treated at a Marathon animal hospital after they washed ashore on Central Florida beaches. The turtles were found covered in barnacles, ...

Bette Zirkelbach, manager of the Florida Keys-based Turtle Hospital, lifts a juvenile green sea turtle encrusted with barnacles Monday, March 11, 2019, at the hospital in Marathon. The reptile is ...

In many cases, they are covered in barnacles and algae, a sign that the animals have been too weak to swim normally.

A sea turtle's harrowing weekend adventure at Pensacola Beach has finally ended inside the safety of the Gulfarium CARE Center at Fort Walton Beach. A beachgoer posted an image of a 107-pound ...

NORTH CAROLINA, USA — A young green sea turtle was recently discovered stranded along Cape Hatteras National Seashore. The seashore’s Resource Management team transported her to the Sea Turtle ...

This loggerhead sea turtle washed ashore in Texas covered in layer of encrustation, including barnacles in its mouth, experts discovered. Gulf Center for Sea Turtle Research photo It’s common for slow ...

ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. — Tuesday morning, while walking on Crescent Beach, I saw a sea turtle on the shore. It was barely alive. While I was calling authorities to get some help, I learned there is a ...