When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The broad-shelled river turtle (Chelodina expansa) falls into a group known as side-neck turtles.

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 ...

A tiny sea turtle hatched Thursday morning on Hilton Head Island and scrambled its way to sea. It happens so often on Hilton Head’s beaches that beachgoers may step over turtle tracks without ...

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 — 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 ...

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 ...

A Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle came ashore on Hilton Head Island on Friday morning to create the first nest of the 2019 sea turtle nesting season on the island. Her trip was well-documented. She was the ...

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 ...

HILTON HEAD ISLAND — Several volunteers gathered near the Tiki Hut Bar on Coligny Beach June 11. They leaned in close to hear Sea Turtle Patrol volunteer Cindy Green over the live music and hordes of ...

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (WTOC) - This winter season has been chilly, to say the least, and even the sea life is feeling it. 3 cold-stunned seas turtles and one frozen manatee have washed on shore in ...