It has been a grim season in one of Queensland's best-known regions for sea turtles, as more than 10 times the usual number of sick and dying animals are pulled from the water. Fraser Coast volunteers ...
After peaking in 2022 with hundreds of green sea turtle strandings, cases of soft-shell syndrome are in decline. It is believed the disease is connected to the turtles' food source, after seagrass ...
A sea turtle’s shell is living bone fused directly to its spine and ribs. It is not a detachable shield or an external case, as certain quirky cartoons have shown. The shell grows with the turtle, ...