Record breaking green turtle nesting in Florida means more juvenile turtles in the nearshore and inshore waters of the southeastern US states. "It is not uncommon to have increased numbers of ...

The green turtle is a large, weighty sea turtle with a wide, smooth carapace, or shell. It inhabits tropical and subtropical coastal waters around the world and has been observed clambering onto ...

Although indigenous peoples have utilized green turtles—the “edible turtle”—for thousands of years, the harvest of adult green turtles increased greatly with the European conquest of the New World.

The green turtle is the most common sea turtle species ... She said a team will patrol the beaches every night to protect the turtles and prevent the eggs from being stolen or disturbed by wild ...