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Not Seen for 100 Years “Royal Turtles” Crawl Back from Extinction in Asia
14 years ago, conservationists were overjoyed to come across three “royal turtle” nests. The 3–5 females and their mates and offspring were believed to...
Another Record Year for Sea Turtles in Florida
Leatherback turtle nesting reached a new record this year in Florida while the number of loggerhead sea turtle nests remained high, according to Fish...
US Declares 88 Beaches as ‘Critical Habitat’ for Loggerhead Sea Turtles
Almost half of the US coastline from North Carolina to Mississippi has just been designated as critical habitat for threatened loggerhead sea turtles of the...
City Helps Turtles Cross the Road
They have survived ice ages, asteroid collisions and what the 19th century naturalist George Perkins Marsh called the “destructive agency of man,” but turtles...
U.S. Navy Warship Stops To Help Out Tangled Turtles
Crew members aboard the navy warship USS Rentz recently traded in their anti-organized crime hats to become wildlife protectors for a few hours and...
Endangered Sea Turtles Nesting at Record Levels on Florida Beaches
Endangered sea turtles are nesting in record numbers along the southeast Atlantic Coast this summer, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said on Friday....
A Human Corral Leads Baby Turtles to the Ocean
400 volunteers on the Caribbean island of Bonair ensure that each year the endangered loggerhead sea turtles hatching on the beaches make it safely...
Endangered Green Sea Turtles Make Comeback
In one of nature's best comeback stories, endangered green sea turtles have multiplied in Florida during the past two decades and are now thriving...
739 Miles of U.S. Beaches Protected for Loggerhead Sea Turtles
After five years of delay, the federal government today finally proposed the protection of more than 739 miles of critical habitat for threatened loggerhead...
Leatherback Sea Turtles Granted Protection Along U.S. West Coast
A major decision to protect feeding hotspots for endangered leatherback sea turtles off the shores of Washington, Oregon and California was finalized last week...
Bumper Crop of Kemps Turtles is Encouraging, Relocation Efforts in Gulf a Success
Kemp's Ridley sea turtles are considered the most endangered sea turtle in the world, and are exceedingly rare visitors on North Carolina beaches. Yet...
Staying Up All Night to Save Sea Turtles (Video)
Ever since the night 10 years ago, when Oscar Aranda, a biology student out of college, witnessed the gruesome death of a sea turtle...
FedEx On the Move Saving Gulf Sea Turtles
To help thousands of endangered sea turtles survive the oiled Gulf waters, wildlife experts have begun lifting turtle eggs out of the sand and...
4000 Sea Turtles Saved from Florida Frost
Upward of 4,000 sea turtles were rescued within days of a severe cold snap hitting Florida, which stunned the turtles into a chilled...
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...
Woman Crazy for Turtles Ends Slaughter of Giant Leatherbacks
What was once a turtle graveyard is now one of the largest leatherback nesting colonies in the world, thanks to a woman who grew...
Surge in Hawaiian Hawksbill Turtles Encouraging
A surge in new nesting Hawaiian hawksbill sea turtles over the past several years may be evidence that a 20-year-old effort to protect beach...
Florida Talks Tough for Turtles
Florida wildlife officials have tentatively approved a new rule that will impose the nation's strongest measures to protect freshwater turtles in the...
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...