VOLUNTEER wildlife rescuers have been tending to an alarming number of sea turtles in distress along our coastline in recent ...

"Recently, incidences of barnacle infestation on sea turtles in Abu Dhabi waters have been reported to the agency," an ERWDA Press release said. It said a number of sick turtles covered with ...

You can check out more of her work here. View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. Almost by definition, barnacles are immobile: these crustaceans cluster on surfaces such as whale heads, ...

Some barnacles are 'morphing' to protect themselves from predatory warm-water sea snails, which are expanding into their territory due to climate change. Research led by the University of ...

Five sea turtles are currently under the care of veterinarians at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences.

others carried warm-water barnacles. Yet the leatherbacks were surviving, even flourishing, at temperatures that would kill other sea turtles. Stranger still was what he found inside them ...

The sea turtles were covered in algae, sand and barnacles. More than 25 sea turtles from around Florida and the New England area are in the rehab center's care. APOLLO BEACH, Fla. - A dozen sea ...

Often infested with and weighed down by barnacles, these young reptiles are sensitive to rough sea conditions and get washed ashore. Turtles with minor injuries are cared for at EAD's facility ...

Sea turtles – like other reptiles – cannot ... “Do not remove any of the epibiota or the barnacles and oysters growing on their body. These are encrusting creatures and would cause suffering ...

Loggerhead MarineLife Center in Florida is rescuing and treating cold-stunned turtles as ocean temperatures drop below 50 degrees. Doctors at the center say when temperatures in the ocean drop to 50 ...