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Their skin is usually dark to mimic stones — though an albino, pinkish variety can be bred — and they can stay still for hours, buried in the muddy ground of their natural habitats or barely ...

A powerful Arctic air system has triggered extreme cold warnings across the United States, bringing dangerously low wind chills to dozens of states. In Texas, more than 120 counties remain under ...

Sea turtles have fascinated people for generations. Their calm nature on the shore belies an intricate journey across the open ocean that seems almost impossible to track. Their ability to migrate ...

West Philippine Sea is the name given by an administrative order (AO) of then President Benigno Aquino III to Philippine territorial waters west of the country. Aquino’s AO said West Philippine Sea ...

Turns out, sea turtles have the same reaction to the promise of a full belly. University of North Carolina Chapel Hill researchers found that captive loggerheads could be conditioned to “dance” by ...

Take a trip under the sea and learn about turtles, octopuses, rays, jellyfish, Spanish dancers (sea slugs), sea cows (manatees) and marlin. Observe how they swim and move about in the water.

CHARLOTTE, N.C.– We now know that Earth’s magnetic field is triggering a superpower in sea turtles. Loggerhead sea turtles have the ability to find nesting and feeding areas without landmarks. A new ...