Melissa Breyer was Treehugger’s senior editorial director before moving to Martha Stewart. Her writing and photography have been featured in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, ...

Australian freshwater turtles support healthy wetlands and rivers. Yet one in three turtle species is threatened with extinction. And there is still much we don’t know about them. In today’s special ...

Thousands of threatened and endangered sea turtles nest on our beaches every summer but bright artificial lights on the beach are causing the animals to become disoriented and ultimately head into ...

On your Florida bucket list — somewhere between shaking paws with the six-toed Hemingway cats and seeing the mermaids perform at Weeki Wachee — should be a late-night walk to witness a female ...

Many animals bask in the rays of the sun, soaking up the warmth of Earth’s nearest star. But new research shows that some bask in the moonlight, too. A global study of freshwater turtles shows the ...

Nocturnal basking has only recently been reported in wild freshwater turtles, but this study suggests that the behaviour is widespread and occurs in many species. Postdoctoral Researcher at La Trobe ...

A National Geographic moment occurs every summer night on a Palm Beach County beach near you. And it’s something few Floridians ever see. A sea turtle – sometimes dozens of them – lumbers onto a beach ...

New research reveals fresh insights into Australian freshwater turtle behaviour, survey methods and conservation strategies. Australian freshwater turtles support healthy wetlands and rivers. Yet one ...

Learn all there is to know about sea turtles as they nest and lay eggs on South Florida shorelines. These programs will leave you more knowledgable about the huge sea critters than Dora’s cousin Diego ...