Turtle shells evolved over the course of 300 million years, but self-defense wasn't the initial driver, researchers think.

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (WTVD) -- Town officials on Hilton Head Island tweeted about some exciting news Thursday: the hatching of several critically endangered sea turtles. The Kemp's ridley ...

Tanikan Quigley was a little stumped when asked about his favorite exhibit at the newly expanded Navarre Beach Sea Turtle Conservation Center. The 7-year-old Navarre resident perked up though when the ...

The first sea turtle nest of the season was named Wednesday in honor of recently deceased Hilton Head hotel manager Jay Wiendl. Sea Turtle Patrol Hilton Head An expectant mother set her flippers on a ...

Beaufort County’s population of animals with four adorable flippers grew by hundreds Thursday morning. Two sea turtle nests on Hilton Head Island and one nest on Hunting Island State Park hatched, and ...

HILTON HEAD ISLAND — The frigid weather of the past few days was a shock to the system for thousands of Lowcountry residents — including the region's sea turtles. Below average temperatures could ...

In accordance with the plea agreement, he has to surrender a sea turtle head mount and six “Turkish items,” court documents said.

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — A loggerhead sea turtle will be heading home to the ocean after three months of rehabilitation at the Brevard Zoo’s Sea Turtle Healing Center. Jupiter, a sub-adult loggerhead ...

BEAUFORT — While there are still little sea turtles patiently waiting in their eggs for the signal to emerge from the sand and dash for the waves, the nesting season for mother turtles has drawn to a ...

DANIA BEACH, Fla. — A family spending time at the beach in Broward County saw something very special on Thursday. At around 8 p.m. in Dania Beach, family members visiting a loved one in South Florida ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — After months of rehabilitating, the South Carolina Aquarium released three green sea turtles and one Kemp’s ridley sea turtle in what could be the last local S.C. release of ...

Federal prosecutors have charged a South Carolina man with illegally importing the head of a green sea turtle — a species ...