HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Every year about this time, Hawaii Marine Animal Response starts to get calls about turtles that appear to be in distress on Hawaii beaches. Callers describe what appears to ...

Hawaii is home to the largest hard-shelled sea turtles in the world. It is also the only place in the world where males haul out alongside females when they lay their eggs, and no one knows why. - ...

Sometimes it takes travel to a place like Palau, where sea turtles are still relatively scarce, to make one appreciate their resurgence around the Hawaiian Islands. The final blow began in 1946. Due ...

“Hawaiian green sea turtles, or honu, are native to Hawaiʻi. They are the largest hard-shelled sea turtle in the world, ...

WASHINGTON (CN) – The National Marine Fisheries Service will launch a one year status review of Hawaiian green turtles to determine if they are a distinct population segment from other green ...

The Maui Ocean Center has released four Hawaiian green sea turtles into the ocean. Luana, Holokai, Kapene, and Nanahea were hatched at Sea Life Park Hawaii in 2016, then transferred to Maui Ocean ...

Mac Poepoe grew up diving in the waters off Molokai to spear honu — Hawaii’s distinct species of green sea turtle — that helped feed his family. He often saw other fishermen hunt honu for profit, ...

A rare nest of olive ridley sea turtles was discovered last week in Ka‘u. The family called the University of Hawaii at Hilo Marine Option Program Sea Turtle Response hotline after their discovery.

HONOLULU (KHON2) — A couple of Hawaiian green sea turtles from Sea Life Park’s breeding program were released into the waters off Waimānalo on Thursday, April 22. The turtles, commonly known in Hawaii ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Shell-ebrate good times. Come on! Let’s Shell-ebrate. Sea Life Park Hawaiʻi, Mālama i nā honu and 808 Cleanups hosted a World Turtle Shell-ebration for World Turtle Day on Monday, ...

State officials say a former Disney actress has apologized after posting footage of herself touching a threatened green sea turtle during a trip to Hawaii. The Hawaii Department of Land and Natural ...