A team of divers yesterday tried unsuccessfully to free a sea turtle apparently trapped in a canal that feeds cooling water to a power plant near the Delaware coast.The murky water of the canal ...

A large leatherback sea turtle is swimming freely thanks to the efforts of a Florida fish and wildlife officer assigned to the Florida Keys. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Officer ...

These off-duty Jacksonville officers went above and beyond the call of duty as they freed an endangered 9-foot leatherback sea turtle tangled in a crab trap. "The trap's rope was looped around the sea ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Portland is urging people to leave turtle traps alone at Evergreen Cemetery ...

ATLANTA - A prolific turtle trapper is accused of illegally trapping and exporting thousands of freshwater turtles in Georgia. Nathan Horton, 36, was indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly ...

A new rule that aims to prevent certain turtles from accidentally getting pinned down inside crab traps will soon be in effect in Florida, authorities announced Monday. These traps, experts say, have ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.— Conservation groups filed a petition today asking the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to adopt regulations that would protect diamondback terrapins from drowning ...

The U.S. Coast Guard and an official from the Marine Mammal Stranding Center worked together to free an estimated 250-pound loggerhead turtle ensnared in a crab trap in the Delaware Bay off Cumberland ...

Biologists have been trapping turtles in southern areas of New Hampshire this summer as part of a five-state, three-year study to help figure out why some species are in decline.There are over 300 ...

EAST HAMPTON, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP) --An 800-pound Leatherback sea turtle that became entangled in a lobster trap in East Hampton has been set free. The 5-foot-long reptile got entangled off Gardiners ...

A leatherback turtle floats next to a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission boat Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. The officer assigned to that boat freed the reptile from a lobster trap line. FWC ...