It’s tempting to think of the natural world as a blissful utopia. Picture the sun peering through fluffy white clouds, pouring its golden rays onto the canopy of lush tropical forest on a mountainside ...

Costa Rica is Sea Turtle heaven. With 5 of the worlds 7 species choosing to nest here, it is important to keep its oceans and nesting beaches clean. Nesting turtles travel great distances (up to 2,000 ...

They didn't expect the turtle to be so big. Yes, they had been prepped by their teacher, Nancy Wolber at Rock Island High School, to expect that the adult leatherback sea turtle would be 6 feet long.