First-ever leatherback turtle nesting in Va. discovered in Virginia Beach

A recent discovery of a leatherback turtle nesting on a beach at Naval Air Station Oceana Dam Neck Annex marked not only something exciting for those who found it, but it ...

Super rare sea turtle returns to NYC waters after injury in shell yeah moment

It was a shell yeah moment. A very nervous endangered turtle made its grand return to the Coney Island sea as local kids cheered it on — months after the reptile nearly froze to death. Pancake — a ...

Leatherback sea turtle lays eggs at NAS Oceana, marking first nesting in Virginia

A leatherback sea turtle laid eggs at Naval Air Station Oceana's Dam Neck Annex, marking the first recorded leatherback to nest in Virginia. The NAS Oceana Natural Resources team worked with the ...

Marine animals first colonized empty seashells about 470 million years ago

An international study led by researchers from the University of Tartu shows that approximately 470 million years ago, a ...
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A sea turtle swallowed 20 fishing hooks. Only a procedure meant for humans could save her

When vets could only retrieve two fishing hooks lodged in a sea turtle’s digestive tract, a local gastroenterologist stepped ...