A 375-pound (170-kilogram) sea turtle has been released back into the Atlantic Ocean after three months of rehabilitation in Florida. Officials with the Brevard Zoo released a male loggerhead ...

A 302-pound loggerhead sea turtle is making waves after surviving a harrowing ordeal and inspiring efforts to protect her ...

FLORIDA KEYS — It wasn’t an easy road back to water for the 322-pound loggerhead named Lenny ... to the rehabilitation of endangered sea turtles, the only one of its kind in Florida.

But it took seven people and a stretcher made for rescuing dolphins to get the 400-pound loggerhead ... The fifth sea turtle to lay her eggs under the sun was a more common loggerhead.

SARGENT, Texas — A loggerhead sea turtle is recovering at the Gulf Center ... with adults typically weighing between 170 and 500 pounds and measuring up to 45 inches in shell length.

An adult loggerhead's top shell is slightly heart-shaped with a reddish-brown color; the bottom shell is pale yellow. These turtles have extremely efficient, short flippers. Adults weigh approximately ...