What began as a family fishing trip along a river in south Alabama has turned into one of the most significant ...

An Alabama family was hunting for fossils when they discovered a huge, fossilized turtle shell on the bank of a river.

The Coleman’s were on the Alabama river in Clarke County when they discovered a fossilized shell of a leatherback sea turtle.

All three sea turtle species have laid "astounding nesting numbers," officials said in a Sept. 18 news release.

The Coleman family discovers a 32-million-year-old leatherback sea turtle fossil during a family fishing trip near Jackson, Alabama.

For years, the Coleman family's fishing trips on the Alabama Gulf Coast were routine. But in 2021, their outing near a ...

In Florida, large mats of sargassum are increasingly washing ashore, creating another obstacle for loggerhead, leatherback ...

Cornwall Wildlife Trust said leatherback turtles were the only species of sea turtle to make regular visits to the UK. It said leatherbacks were different from other sea turtles because they are ...

“When we came across that, we all just kind of stared at each other for a minute, like ‘This is it,’” said Adrienne Coleman, whose 13-year-old daughter spotted the fossil during a family boat trip ...

A nearly half-ton leatherback sea turtle carcass washed ashore on Martha's Vineyard on June 16, marking the first sea turtle casualty of the summer and serving as a timely reminder for boaters to be ...

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. — A leatherback sea turtle was spotted on New Smyrna Beach, marking the earliest recorded sea turtle nest on County-managed beaches. Although sea turtle nesting season ...

What Do Sea Turtles Eat? Sea turtle diets vary widely based on the species. The typical sea turtle that comes to mind is the green sea turtle. Green sea turtles eat mostly algae and seagrasses, which ...