At the end of summer, companies and individuals often leave behind fishing lines and crab nets, creating hazards that can ...

Marco Island has an opportunity to take a more measured path — one that protects sea turtles while respecting established ...

To us she’s a supermodel, but to sea turtles she’s a superhero. Gisele Bündchen saved a sea turtle’s life after finding it had been washed ashore upside down while trapped inside a fishing net. The ...

A lifeguard and marine biology student was shocked when she discovered one of the world’s rarest turtles on the sands of ...

PLAYA GRANDE, Costa Rica -- The leatherback sea turtle, the massive and mysterious reptile of the Pacific Ocean, has outlived the dinosaurs by 65 million years. It has survived fiery asteroid strikes ...

Sea turtles are getting caught on fishing hooks at a record rate in Hampton Roads this year, filling local animal rehabilitation facilities. The Virginia Aquarium reported 58 hooked turtles from April ...

Leatherback turtles are highly vulnerable to getting entangled in lobster pot fishing gear off the coast of Massachusetts. A new study now shows that they can largely survive these entanglements — if ...

A couple worked together to free a sea turtle that was trapped in a fishing net in the crystal blue waters of the Maldives.

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A TikTok video of a leatherback turtle dangling from a fishing wire on a boat has been viewed 4.6 million times and has ...

A leatherback turtle died after getting caught up in a fishing pot line, a wildlife trust has said. The stranded turtle at Porthleven Beach was reported to Cornwall Wildlife Trust on Wednesday, but it ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. MONTPELIER — The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department says keeping native turtles as pets is prohibited because it can harm the turtle and pose threats ...