The Kemp's ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) is the official state sea turtle of Texas.

A Kemp's ridley sea turtle swims into the ocean after being released by New England Aquarium biologists in West Dennis, ...

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.

This week, our seasonal high tides continued and uncovered some interesting beach finds, including auger snails, several life rings, and sea turtle barnacles. In my survey this week I found a stranded ...

"We are hopeful for her recuperation and eventual release back into the Gulf," officials said ...

A tiny loggerhead turtle hatchling found on the KwaZulu-Natal North Coast is recovering at uShaka Sea World after being rescued covered in barnacles.

Scroll long enough, and you will see barnacles portrayed all over social media as ocean troublemakers. People violently scrape them off ship hulls and sea turtles like they are the problem. In reality ...

MARATHON, Fla. — A sub-adult loggerhead sea turtle, found unable to dive, emaciated and covered with barnacles by a family that was fishing last June, was returned to the Atlantic Ocean off Marathon ...

After months of careful treatment and recovery, three young green sea turtles glided back into the ocean this week, marking the first sea turtle release of 2026 for ...