MYSTIC, Conn. (WPRI) — The busy season for Mystic Aquarium’s Animal Rescue Program is here. The nonprofit program is ...

The Sea Turtle Assistance and Rescue (STAR) is urging the community to practice responsible fishing, after a green sea turtle was found earlier this month with a fishing spear through its neck. The ...

"The turtle had a rope entanglement around the shoulder region of its right front flipper, but fortunately it was detected quickly and the gear was still loose with minimal damage to the flipper," ...

VIRGINIA, USA — As warm weather rolls into Virginia, sea turtles are making their way back into local waters, which means it's officially hooked sea turtle season. Each year, starting around ...

Sunday, June 8 is World Oceans Day and we’re going to look at California’s state sea reptile as well as other turtles in our waters. One or more of the seven species of sea turtles can be found in ...

The money comes from an $8.8 billion settlement that BP entered into with the federal government and Gulf Coast states in 2016 to try to remediate some of the extensive damage. The settlement set ...

This is the heartwarming moment a turtle tangled in a discarded fishing net was freed and released back into the ocean. Fishermen spotted the hapless green sea turtle caught in the nylon mesh along ...

Animal science alumna coordinates efforts to restore sea turtle populations in the Gulf of Mexico after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill On April 20, 2010, an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig ...

Mote Marine Laboratory's Sea Turtle Conservation and Research Program (STCRP) documented the first local turtle activity of the 2025 season on Saturday, April 26. The STCRP team reported one ...

Leatherback sea turtle on a beach. By Herve06 via iStock for WMNF News. Clearwater Marine Aquarium (CMA) launched its sea turtle nesting patrol on April 15, two weeks earlier than in previous decades.

Turtle hospitals and aquariums across the country are caring for sea turtles that stranded on beaches during the winter season, which is now coming to a close amid an uptick in strandings along ...

A rescue team in Massachusetts saved a 500-pound sea creature that was tangled in fishing gear. The Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) Marine Animal Entanglement Response (MAER) team was called July 9 ...