Explore this story map to learn more about cold stunned sea turtles and the partners who help save them!

Ride along with scientists as they capture and tag sea turtles to get the information we need to protect these endangered species.

Recovery plan for U.S. Pacific  populations of olive ridley sea turtles.

Hawksbill sea turtles were protected in 1970 under the precursor to the Endangered Species Act.

A summary of current and historical fishery interactions with leatherback sea turtles.

Shrimp harvested with commercial fishing technology that may adversely affect sea turtles may not be imported into the United States.

A message from Kim Damon-Randall, director of NOAA Fisheries Office of Protected Resources, for Sea Turtle Week, June 17–21.

Juvenile sea turtles returned to the wild after study to reduce bycatch.

Juvenile sea turtles returned to the wild after study to reduce bycatch.

We estimate sea turtle densities, and describe trends based on sea turtle observations from 13 years of towed-diver surveys covering 7,300+ linear km, and more than 3,400 green and hawksbill sea turtles.

See what scientists are discovering about the Hawaiian hawksbill sea turtle in their efforts to bring back the endangered population.

Once the sea turtle cold stun season is over, Wellfleet Audubon holds several necropsy sessions where all of the turtle carcasses, sometimes numbering into the hundreds, are examined and sampled.

Ask questions about sea turtles and learn more about our work to conserve them during a tweet chat on June 12, 2019.

An international program is helping fishers in the Pacific coast of Mexico to reduce bycatch of protected sea turtles.

Illuminated gillnets are helping reduce bycatch of protected species like sea turtles.