Sea turtles are ectothermic, meaning they rely on their surrounding environment to regulate body temperature. When water ...

Texas is experiencing a record sea turtle nesting season, and now wildlife officials are responding to an unexpected side effect: a rise in baby sea turtles washing up on beaches. The stranded ...

Kemp's ridley sea turtles, the most endangered sea turtle species, will nest on Texas beaches from April through mid-summer. Beach drivers on Padre Island National Seashore should be cautious ...

HOUSTON — With the Fourth of July coming up, a lot of Texans are heading to the beach, but unexpected guests are trying to join the party: sea turtles. Sea turtle rehabilitation facilities along ...

April is the start of nesting season for Kemp's ridley sea turtles along the Texas Gulf Coast. Known as the smallest and most critically endangered sea turtle species, biologists urge people ...

The Rio Grande cooter can’t catch a break. Rivers that once sustained the turtle species, native to New Mexico, Texas and ...