Eight children and one adult died, while 78 others were hospitalised after eating sea turtle flesh on Pemba Island in the Zanzibar archipelago, authorities said Saturday (Mar 9).

Eight children among 9 dead, dozens hospitalised after consuming sea turtle meat in Tanzania's Zanzibar

For the first time in 75 years on the Chandeleur Islands, hatchlings of the world’s smallest sea turtle species have been found. The Breton National Wildlife Refuge’s wildlife experts have found more than 53 turtles and two live hatchlings that were moving toward the sea, as per a press release issued by Louisiana’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority.

World’s smallest sea turtles discovered on Chandeleur Islands after 75 years

The gender gap in Florida is being exacerbated by climate change. Due to recent heatwaves, the sand has been heated to such an extent that nearly all turtles born are females.

Hotter summer means more female sea turtles in Florida

In a shocking incident, Japanese police found 30 endangered green sea turtles with wounds around their neck. The turtles, found near the remote Japanese island of Kumejima in southern Okinawa prefecture, were bleeding and barely breathing.

Japan: Police finds 30 endangered green sea turtles with 'bleeding' neck wounds

A new study conducted by the University of Exeter has found that climate change and water sports are posing a threat to sea turtles. The study, published in the journal Endangered Species Research, shows that tens and thousands of sea turtles are dying every year.

Study says climate change, water sports posing threat to sea turtles

Conservationists have found a nest of endangered leatherback sea turtles in Ecuador. The said kind is a whopper of a species that can weigh up to a tonne and be three meters (10 feet) long.

Nest of a huge, endangered sea turtle found in Ecuador

Conservationists in Mexico returned seven turtles back to the wild on Sunday (February 9), following their recovery from a deadly Red Tide that swept through Mexico's Oaxacan coastline.

Mexico releases Oaxaca turtles back to the wild after deady red tide

A group of Tibetan monks blessed and released an endangered sea turtle into the waters in Islamorada, Florida Keys, on Thursday.

Visiting Tibetan monks help release sea turtle

Goody the olive ridley sea turtle can swim properly again, thanks to a specially-designed prosthetic flipper. The turtle lost her left flipper years ago in Thailand after she was entangled in a fishing net, leaving her largely immobile and stressed-out in captivity.

Thailand helps sea turtle swim again with prosthetic flipper

Scientists studying the scale and impact of plastic pollution on wildlife in the Sargasso Sea have found "extreme concentrations" of microplastic, which they worry will threaten sea turtles and other marine species that live there. Watch this video to know more.

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Sargasso sea turtles threatened by ‘extreme concentrations’ of microplastic

Tests carried out on more than 100 sea turtles in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans and the Mediterranean Sea revealed they all had microplastics in their stomachs, according to a study published on Wednesday.

Study finds microplastics in all sea turtle species

Mutilated sea turtle becomes poster child of environmental conservation

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