ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— In response to a legal agreement with environmental groups, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and NOAA Fisheries today proposed to designate roughly 8,850 acres of beaches and ...

I’d watched the viral Instagram videos of the sea turtles, I’d read a report monitoring their habitat and I’d even heard from a friend who recently saw the turtles with her own eyes. Still, the first ...

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Slow and steady wins the race. It’s a sentiment that has shadowed turtles for years, and perhaps, for good reason. Turtles are slow, but wise. Sea turtles, however, are nothing short of amazing. Sea ...

If approved, more than 2,000 acres of nesting and basking beaches in Hawaii would be set aside to protect green sea turtles. One of two subadult green turtles raised in captivity at Sea Life Park ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A new proposal aims to protect threatened and endangered sea turtles by preserving their habitat along critical areas of the U.S. coastline. NOAA Fisheries and the U.S. Fish and ...

Threatened green sea turtles that in recent years have been found expanding into waters off Southern California could get more protection of their habitat, migration routes and forage areas. The ...

CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — Three sea turtles are back in their natural habitats after being rehabilitated at a facility in Florida. All three rehabbed at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium on Florida’s Gulf ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jacksonville University, in partnership with Mickler’s Landing Turtle Patrol, launches a new program aimed at protecting and conserving sea turtles and their coastal habitats. The ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (CBS12) — The United States Coast Guard (USCG) had to clean up a huge oil spill after a 40-foot vessel washed ashore on Mona Island, Puerto Rico, spilling diesel and oil debris.