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Good news and resources about sea turtles

An olive ridley sea turtle nesting on a beach at dusk

Experts delighted: Olive ridley sea turtle seen nesting in Florida for the first time ever

A nesting sea turtle shocked conservationists when it was spotted on a Florida beach during Sea Turtle Week.

A person helps baby sea turtles return to the ocean

This national park site is training volunteers to become 'sea turtle nest sitters'

As turtle nesting season comes to a head, volunteers are needed to keep the endangered eggs safe.

A green sea turtle lies on a teal and white towel on a clinician's table as it is mended

This sea turtle was rescued with a missing flipper and a crushed shell. A special procedure saved his life

Kraken, a green sea turtle, is in recovery after a harrowing boat strike in Abu Dhabi.

A green sea turtle covered in barnacles gets barnacle removal help from a marine biologist wearing gloves.

See these ‘crusty green’ sea turtles after two months of rehabilitation: ‘The difference is remarkable’

Sir Barksalot, Shih Tzu, Cavalier, Boykin, and Rottweiler were all rescued sea turtles dubbed the “Crusty Greens."

A green sea turtle in a close-up image, held up by two gloved hands

Sea turtle makes dramatic recovery after life-threatening boat strike: 'The most severe case that we've ever seen'

“Dark-Blue Yellow” is one of 21 sea turtles recently rescued by The Florida Aquarium Turtle Rehabilitation Center.

Leatherback sea turtle hatchlings in the sand

Researchers celebrate record leatherback sea turtle hatchling season

The endangered leatherback sea turtles are flocking to Palm Beach County for nesting season.

A man in the water, holding out a head for support as a guy above on a boat reaches out in return. A massive green sea turtle is in the water with him.

Four friends rescued a 324-pound sea turtle after it was struck by a boat: 'She'd been fighting for hours out there'

Four friends were out boating on the Jupiter Sound when a struggling sea turtle caught their eye.

A sea turtle lies on a white towel in a veterinary office.

Scientists were delighted by the appearance of a rare rescued sea turtle. Then they ran a DNA test

Scientists at the Georgia Sea Turtle Center were pleasantly surprised when Earl Grey the sea turtle came under their care.

A woman in a blue polo shirt in hat smiles as she holds a sea turtle on a beach

This rescued sea turtle shocked scientists with its DNA results. After a 7-month recovery, he's returning to the ocean

Staff at the Georgia Sea Turtle Center were puzzled when a loggerhead arrived with the facial features and shell shape of an entirely different species.

From left to right: A woman in a red hoodie gasps at something off camera. A close-up of a green sea turtle washed ashore. The same woman from the left panel on the beach when its pitch dark, bundled up in a coat

This woman refused to leave a sea turtle’s side until rescuers arrived. Thanks to her, it got a second chance at life

It’s illegal to touch a sea turtle, but Clara Macciocchi quickly realized she was dealing with extraordinary circumstances.

A black and white image of two women behind a giant 2,000-pound sea turtle

Scientists fit tracking device onto 2,000-pound sea turtle to protect rare species

Fewer than 1,000 leatherback sea turtles remain in the Eastern Pacific. Lucero is one of them.

A sea turtle with thick algae coated to its shell is in a net being carried by a team of volunteers

Endangered sea turtle makes full recovery after being covered in algae and barnacles: 'She’s unrecognizable now in the best way'

Chlorophyllis required over sixty days of rehabilitation after she was rescued from the Pensacola Beach Fishing Pier in Florida.