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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Kelli Haskett is in brown water almost to the top of her thigh-high rubber boots, wading toward a turtle trap in the bayou. She looks excited. Haskett, the staff biologist at Armand Bayou Nature ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...