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Special Hospital Saves 1000 Sea Turtles (Video)
Most injured turtles are never spotted, and die at sea. The lucky ones are taken to the Turtle Hospital in the Florida...
Cuba Throws Lifeline to Sea Turtles
Cuba has thrown a lifeline to the Caribbean’s endangered and critically endangered marine turtles with a government resolution ending all harvesting of marine turtles.
Such...
Sea Turtles Nesting in Record Numbers on African Coast
Loggerhead nestings have reached record high levels in South Africa, a positive sign for the endangered marine turtle. There were over 2,000 loggerhead nestings...
Hatched Turtles Set off on Sea Journey (Video)
Crowds came to a sea turtle sanctuary in the Mexican state of Chiapas to help set some 7,000 hatchlings off on their journey into...
Australian is Saving Whales, Seals and Turtles With Incredible Passion
Rupert Imhoff, a young financier, is an animal rights hero in Australia. Through his online networking against cruelty toward marine animals, he has attracted...
17-Year-old Rescued After 12 Hours Lost in Rough Seas Clinging to a Capsized Kayak
A teenager was rescued recently off the coast of Honolulu following a 12-hour ordeal drifting through choppy waters filled with zigzagging currents.
Through the long...
Six Rare Turtles Blown Off Course Are Returned to Original Habitat Thanks to Royal Navy
After being blown thousands of miles off course, cold-stunned, and beached, six exhausted sea turtles hitched a ride back to their home in the...
To Save Sea Turtle Population Invasive Deer Successfully Eradicated from Island in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef
In Australia, wild deer that were destroying sea turtle habitat on an island near the Great Barrier Reef have been eradicated.
The result is that...
Washed up Hi-Tech Tracker Buoys Brilliantly Redeployed to Protect Turtles from ‘Ghost Nets’
Hi-tech GPS-tracking buoys washing up on Australian beaches were a strange find during a litter clean-up for the non-profit Tangaroa Blue.
On a normal day...
Palm Beach County Smashes All-Time Record for Sea Turtle Nests: 21,800 and Counting
Palm Beach County has already shattered the record for the number of turtle nests recorded during a single nesting season on Juno Beach, with...
30% of Barbados Seas to be Protected Under “Blue Bond” Financing That Saved The Seychelles
As part of a debt-for-nature refinancing program, the island nation of Barbados is set to unlock $50 million in funding for conservation of its...
Endangered Manning River Turtles Released into Wild After Egg Rescue During ‘Black Summer’
Australian conservationists have released 10 juvenile turtles into the wild, which they had saved from becoming charred omelets during the 2020 bushfires.
The Manning River...
Sea Turtle Boom Astonished Volunteers in Florida With Best Nesting Season on Record
Turtle counting teams have recorded the biggest nesting season on the Southwest Florida beaches of Bonita, Vanderbilt, and Naples, as well as Marco and...
After 10 Year Absence, World’s Most Endangered Sea Turtle Nests on Texas Beach, With a Little Help From Friends
In Galveston Island State Park, a routine survey has uncovered a nest of 107 extremely precious turtle eggs belonging to a Kemp's Ridley sea...
Simple Green LED Lights Save Sharks and Turtles from Accidental Bycatch in Fishing Nets
Marine biologists have found that $8 green LED lights affixed to fishermen's gill nets were enough to dissuade huge amounts of sea animals like...
Lost Sea Turtle Washed Ashore With Hypothermia Gets Flown Home to Spain With its Own Boarding Pass
An endangered turtle that washed up in Ireland with hypothermia has been returned to its native Canary Islands on a flight—and even had its...
Folks in New Jersey Are Caring For More Than 800 Baby Turtles Rescued From Storm Drains
Hundreds of diamondback terrapin hatchlings have been rescued from underground storm drains along the Jersey Shore.
Small terrapins can slip into drains when attempting to...
After Fatal Disease Arrives, Zoo Calls in the Only Team of Turtle-sniffing Dogs in the World to Help Out
In order to preserve a species threatened by an infectious disease, Saint Louis Zoo scientists have hired an elite team of sleuths—turtle-hunting dogs.
Saint Louis...
Watch 2,200 Cold-Stunned Turtles Being Released by Volunteers Back Into the Gulf
Hundreds of turtles are now returning to their home in the Gulf of Mexico after suffering a terrible ordeal during the recent winter storm...
The Last Known Swinhoe’s Turtle on Earth Was Alone Until This Female Was Found – Researchers Hope for Babies
After a female Swinhoe's softshell turtle was discovered in a lake in Vietnam, a hope that the world's most endangered turtle species may recover...