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.

A sea turtle initially weighed over 7 ½ pounds; her weight decreased to just over 6 pounds once experts cleaned her organism-covered shell.

A sea turtle’s shell is a complex masterpiece, made up of two parts: the carapace (top) and the plastron (bottom), both covered in scutes – tough keratin plates tightly attached to the bone. The bone ...

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 ...

A male green sea turtle was given the name Bubble Butt at The Turtle Hospital in the Florida Keys shortly after he arrived there in 1989. His dramatically deformed shell constantly pushed his rear ...

A sea turtle's shell is a masterpiece. A study reveals that marine turtle shells combine flexibility and strength to protect against predators like sharks and stress while optimizing movement.

Sea Turtle with 'Bubble Butt Syndrome' Given Harness to Help with Swimming Charlotte "is doing excellent," is "very comfortable in the harness and is thriving," Dr. Molly Martony, senior ...

Thanks to their large size and hard shells, sea turtles don’t have many natural predators. However, one species of predatory shark has Young Boaters Save a Sea Turtle From the Jaws of a Tiger Shark ...

Charlotte, the 138-pound green sea turtle, was struck by a boat about 18 years ago. Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday.

In adulthood, Kemp's ridley sea turtles prefer to eat crabs. Leatherback sea turtle. Leatherback sea turtles are the largest turtle in the world. They grow to 5 to 6 feet long and 750 to 1,000 pounds.

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.

A sea turtle’s shell is a masterpiece. A new study reveals that marine turtle shells combine flexibility and strength to protect against predators like sharks and stress while optimizing movement.