Sea turtles are known to be majestic creatures that spend most of their lives in the ocean. However, there is one extraordinary event that occurs on land – the sea turtle egg laying process. This ...

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist's weekly newsletter. In the middle of a steamy July night on the Wassaw Island beach, near Savannah, Georgia, volunteer Gabi Steinbach ...

Experts are worried that global warming could interfere in the reproduction process of egg-laying reptiles such as turtles and crocodiles since the sex of their progeny is determined by temperature.

When it’s time for turtles to find love, the process isn’t something most people get to see. But it happens like clockwork every year. Whether it is a massive loggerhead in the sea or a common ...

Female sea turtles, known to swim thousands of miles before returning to their birthplace to lay eggs, find their way home by relying on unique magnetic signatures along the coast, a new study finds.