Sea Turtles Good News

Good news and resources about sea turtles

A photo of a female Hawksbill sea turtle in a vet's office coffered in barnacles and moss

This sea turtle was found 'gravely unwell' and covered in barnacles. See her amazing three-month recovery

Bear the hawksbill sea turtle was in dire straits when she was found stranded on a beach in Australia.

A green sea turtle in a large aquarium pool.

An aquarium rescued a 240-pound sea turtle from a fishing line. They need your help saving her flipper

A green sea turtle the size of a manhole cover was found stranded by the San Gabriel River in January.

A baby sea turtle crawls against the sand.

Luxury resort saves over 600 injured sea turtles and helps hatch 120,000 more

The Brando luxury resort demonstrates that science-driven, sustainable tourism can successfully restore marine ecosystems and protect endangered sea turtles.

A little girl smiles beside a sea turtle wrapped in on a fishing pier.

On vacation, this 8-year-old girl spotted a hooked sea turtle. She ended up saving one of the world's most endangered species

A young girl was vacationing from South Carolina with her family when they came across a hooked sea turtle on a fishing pier.

In a closeup, a smiling woman holds up a baby leatherback turtle on a beach at night.

Woman travels the world to see all 7 species of sea turtle — and help save them along the way

A Canadian mother of two discovered a new passion in 2020: protecting sea turtles.

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 loggerhead sea turtle floating in an aquarium tank.

An endangered sea turtle spent 22 years recovering from a shark attack. Now, she's finally returning to the ocean

Molly the sea turtle was on the brink of death when she was found on the shores of Kerry, Ireland in 2004. Her recovery has been nothing short of a miracle.

A sea turtle swimming in a clear, circular tank with sunlight shining through the water.

A passing boat shattered the back of this loggerhead sea turtle's shell. See her incredible four-month recovery

Swim Shady, and fellow loggerhead Paddles, were in critical condition when they were rescued near Juno Beach, Florida.

A close-up of a green sea turtle covered in barnacles, laying on a light pink beach towel

Beachgoer finds sea turtle stranded, so covered in barnacles she couldn't move. See her amazing 9-month recovery

Kalani the green sea turtle was covered in barnacles, algae, and leeches. Experts at the Australian Seabird & Turtle Rescue brought her back from the brink.

A closeup photo of a loggerhead sea turtle

Sea turtle with tumor 'bigger than her head' makes miraculous recovery: 'She takes the cake for the scariest tumor I've seen'

The 170-pound loggerhead sea turtle “beat the odds” last summer and has since swam over 870 miles around the Florida Keys.

Two sea turtle hatchlings walk along a sandy beach

Hundreds of sea turtles visit this national park to lay their eggs every year. To protect them, locals 'adopt a nest'

Over seven years, 600 supporters have helped raise nearly $126,000 to protect endangered sea turtle eggs.

A sea turtle hatchling poking its head and arms out of a shell

Over 4,000 sea turtle eggs were at risk of being bulldozed. These volunteers came to their rescue

Since March, volunteers and trained personnel have moved 3,984 eggs from 44 leatherback nests and 122 eggs from a single loggerhead nest.