Why the most endangered sea turtles in the world are getting stranded very far from home

An endangered sea turtle named Lucky washed up in Nova Scotia last year. Scientists are trying to solve the mystery of why ...
Us Weekly

Endangered Sea Turtle Washed Ashore Covered in Barnacles. Now She’s Fighting for Her Life

A massive Kemp’s ridley sea turtle — the world’s smallest and most critically endangered sea turtle species — washed ashore on a Galveston, Texas, beach on March 7, 2026, launching an emergency rescue ...

What proposed changes to the Endangered Species Act mean for wildlife

From bald eagles to grizzly bears, many iconic American species at risk of extinction have bounced back thanks to the ...

Baby Turtles Face Predators, Heat, and Funding Cuts. One Group Fights Back.

Sea turtles survived dinosaurs but may not survive us. David Godfrey has spent three decades fighting poachers, plastic, and ...

Scientists team up in ‘unparalleled’ effort to protect Illinois’ endangered turtles from increasing threats

Loss of wetlands, changes in habitat hydrology from dams and agricultural tile drainage, viruses, and poaching put turtle ...
People

Zoo Releases 22 Endangered Turtles into the Wild to Help Save the Species

Growing big under the care of the zoo, the young endangered turtles have a better chance of surviving predators like bullfrogs Christopher Edwards is a writer on the Lifestyle team at PEOPLE. He has ...

How redefining one word strips the Endangered Species Act’s ability to protect vital habitat

It wouldn’t make much sense to prohibit people from shooting a threatened woodpecker while allowing its forest to be cut down ...