The first ever professional underwater shots of flatback turtles ... sea. Doug’s progress is slow. I am anxious; will he make it before she has to get to the surface to breathe? Doug arrives, spots ...

The island is located south west of the Darwin coast and the photos, taken last week, capture the flatback mother turtles on the sand ... then head back into the sea. As well as the stunning ...

The photos, published by Australian Geographic ... the first professional underwater photographs of an adult flatback sea turtle." After an extensive search the pair finally found a female ...

The migratory paths of the little-studied flatback sea turtle have been mapped by a satellite tracking study. An important migratory corridor for Australia’s only endemic sea turtle has been mapped.

Researchers from James Cook University in Townsville will attach GPS devices to nearly 30 baby flatback sea turtles. Dr Mark Hamann said little is known about the life of the hatchlings.

Flatback turtles are a threatened species that spend most of their time in Australian waters and only nest at rookeries in northern Australia. Sea turtles briefly come onto land to lay clutches of ...

The seventh, the flatback, lives only in the waters around Australia. The leatherback is the largest sea turtle and can weigh a whopping 2,000 pounds. It’s also the only sea turtle that doesn ...

Each sea turtle species has a unique diet. For example, flatback sea turtles are omnivores, eating both plants and animals, ...

Dr. Universe: Why can’t sea turtles pull back into their shell? I was at the St. Louis Zoo, and they said tortoises and other turtles can pull back into their shells. – Tyler, 7, Missouri ...

A little flatback turtle made his way back to Queensland after washing up on a beach thousands of kilometres from home. It is believed the animal fell ill and was swept down from the Queensland ...