When baby sea turtles hatch from their buried eggs, they use their powerful flippers to make their way up through the sand. A new "sand-swimming" robot, inspired by those hatchlings, could one day ...

This robot can swim under the sand and dig itself out too, thanks to two front limbs that mimic the oversized flippers of turtle hatchlings. It's the only robot that is able to travel in sand at a ...

PADRE ISLAND NATIONAL SEASHORE — As the sun rose early Friday morning, hundreds of people rushed across Malaquite Beach, scrambling for the best spots to watch the show. Armed with cameras and phones, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Costa Rica’s National Coast Guard returned hundreds of baby sea turtles to the ocean after rescuing them from poachers. On X, ...

Baby Sea Turtles’ Epic Journey Into the Ocean Has People Cheering originally appeared on PetHelpful. Any baby’s first steps are always an unforgettable moment. This is especially true of baby animals ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — An aquarium in South Africa is stretched beyond capacity after more than 500 baby sea turtles were washed up on beaches by a rare and powerful storm and rescued by ...

Sea turtles famously lay their eggs in nests on sandy beaches. And then a couple of months later, droves of tiny turtle hatchlings emerge from eggs that look a little bit like ping-pong balls, and ...