Unlike most sea turtles, adult green turtles are herbivorous, feeding on sea grasses and algae. Juvenile green turtles, however, will also eat invertebrates like crabs, jellyfish, and sponges.

Juvenile green turtles are smaller and have more vibrant shell patterns, which fade as they mature. Unlike some other sea turtles, adult green turtles have a single pair of prefrontal scales on ...

When it comes to charismatic ocean species, sea turtles share the spotlight with magnificent ... the “edible turtle”—for thousands of years, the harvest of adult green turtles increased greatly with ...

Several Saunders Beach residents are begging Townsville City Council to switch off a light tower currently shining over a ...

A female green sea turtle was killed on Wednesday related to a poaching incident which resulted in the arrest of two men.

Criminal charges have yet to be laid against the two men arrested last week with a wounded poached green sea turtle, which ...

Armeñime, a small cove off the south coast of Tenerife, is a hotspot for green sea turtles. They forage there on the plentiful seagrass and are used to divers. Jordi cruised with this one in the ...

Efforts to save the wounded female turtle failed (photo credit: DoE) (CNS) A young female turtle, estimated to be between ten and fifteen years old, was recently killed by poachers but died a slow ...