Turtles

Loggerhead turtles inspire largest-ever U.S. critical habitat zone.

Turtles, like the humans who love them, are a diverse bunch. There are over 300 species of this ancient reptile, and each one has its own preferred diet.

In the latest animal-related offense to hit the Sunshine State, a man plead guilty to snatching 316 sea turtle eggs from Juno Beach on the Atlantic coast.

Sea turtles face extinction as enormous fishing nets drown the animals by the thousands.

Young sea turtles don't always follow the path that scientists expected the animals to travel, with many dropping out of ocean currents into the still waters of the Sargasso Sea.

Advances in satellite tag technology make it possible to tag and track young sea turtles just 4 to 7 inches (11 to 18 centimeters) long, following their lengthy migration.

Scattered dots of red and yellow decorate what appears to be an icy, blue terrain in this award-winning microscope photo.