A casual conversation on a 2023 flight between a Northern California couple and state Fish and Wildlife officers exposed several wildlife crimes, including the illegal smuggling of an endangered ...

New research shows that the turtle has what British biologist John Davenport calls a “skylight” on the top of its skull, an unusually ... There’s a sea snake with photoreceptors in its ...

But the museum has something even more valuable than the island’s idyllic allure: it houses one of the world’s largest collections of sea turtle skulls, shells and skeletal remains.

Rapid loss of beaches on Pritchards Island makes it difficult for nesting sea turtles to find a place for their eggs.

Snapping turtle - Otic notch at back of skull allows anterior expansion of jaw muscles. ‘Modified anapsid’ condition increases power of bite. Holes arose in dermal roof, muscles pass through roof to ...

SARGENT, Texas — A loggerhead sea turtle is recovering at the Gulf Center for Sea Turtle Research rehabilitation hospital after being found stranded on the beach in Sargent last week.

It’s a short paddle, through a creek and across Skull Inlet before landing on the northernmost point of Pritchards. The trip to Pritchards Island needs to be made by boat. Sea turtle patrol ...