Dozens gathered on the beach at Alligator Point to watch as the Gulf Specimen Marine Lab released Echo the sea turtle back into the Gulf of Mexico.

Dozens gathered on the beach at Alligator Point to watch as the Gulf Specimen Marine Lab released Echo the green sea turtle back into the Gulf of Mexico.

The first phase of the MEER research was a joint effort of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, the Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and genome research ...