Preliminary test results from 115 fishing vessels in Ecuador indicate the use of circle hooks can reduce the number of endangered sea turtles killed in long line fishing operations by as much as 90 ...

We boarded a boat at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Laguna Lodge with our guide, Gerardo Alexis Torres, and as soon as we started to rev up, the captain threw on the brakes. Out of total darkness, another boat ...

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Turtle shell fragments scattered around the nest boxes confirmed his fears: 14 newly-hatched turtles were missing. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife biologist Chris Yee, who ...

CHARLEVOIX — The Charlevoix Circle of Arts is featuring turtles! Turtle artwork will be on display in CCA’s Norman Brumm Artist Reference Library beginning Aug. 19 through Oct. 1. The turtles are on ...

The U.S. Coast Guard doesn’t just rescue people. The crew of a Coast Guard cutter helped save a sea turtle, which was caught in a fishing trap line, fending off circling sharks off the New Jersey ...

(CNN) — Sea turtles are renowned for their incredible migrations, traveling thousands of miles across vast oceans with few visible landmarks. Now, a new study, published Wednesday in the journal ...

March 18 (UPI) --Scientists have discovered a unique movement pattern shared by green sea turtles, sharks, penguins and other marine mammals -- they all swim in circles. Using advanced animal-tracking ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Swimming in two plastic bins inside a brightly lit and sterile quarantine room at a Rhode Island zoo, 16 quarter-sized turtle hatchlings represent a growing worry for ...