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 ...

Rehabilitated Green Sea Turtles are released back into the Gulf of Mexico after recovering from cold stunning.

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 ...

These reptiles have roamed the oceans for 100 million years. We've put them at risk, but with a little help, they're rebounding. Green sea turtles congregate near a dock in the Bahamas. They were ...

Nov. 11, the green sea turtle was found a mile from Horseshoe ... The team doesn't know if Buckley is a boy or a girl. The turtle is a sub-adult, only about 10 years old, so there is no way ...

A rescued green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas ... “It is a common thing for an adult male green turtle to have a fully flat tail,” says Bolster. “His is currently curved underneath due to ...

The Texas State Aquarium released 270 green sea turtles back into the wild at Padre Balli Park after they had recovered from ...

Charlotte, a green sea turtle, was hit by a boat back in 2008. This left it with an affliction colloquially referred to as the “bubble butt,” a kind of floating syndrome that makes it impossible for a ...

For instance, did you know that some sea turtle species take up to 40 years to become an adult? For those looking ... The ...

Named for their bird-like beaks, adult hawksbills can munch an average ... the database contains some 13,000 entries for hawksbills and green sea turtles, but the team is hoping to add more ...

Charlotte the sea turtle was injured in a boat accident out in the wild. Charlotte, a green sea turtle at Connecticut's Mystic Aquarium, wears a custom 3D-printed prosthetic harness on his backside.