Turtles

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.

Biologists recently witnessed more than 200,000 baby turtles hatch from their shells along sandy riverbanks in the interior of Brazil, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society.

Fishing lines can unintentionally kill sea turtles, so researchers want to predict where these deadly encounters might happen.

The skull is unique and reveals some unusual things.

Turtle embryos move inside the egg to regulate temperature.

Turtles lay eggs where night lights are absent.