The passengers also showed the officers the skull of an endangered sea turtle they were smuggling in a carry-on bag during the flight. By Alexandra E. Petri On a flight to Sacramento in November ...

Not only that, the couple had a trophy of their own, the skull of a green sea turtle, and it was with them aboard that very plane. The passengers in the row ahead were sure to have listened with ...

with 90 percent of China's sea turtle population found there. "Sea turtles have a unique habit — they return to the place where they were born to lay eggs when they reach adulthood," said Li ...

The Olive Ridley sea turtle, scientifically known as Lepidochelys olivacea, is the smallest and most abundant of all sea turtles. They are easily identified by their olive-green carapace (shell), ...