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Florida Cop Rescues 90 Wandering Sea Turtle Hatchlings
Sarasota police officers not only serve humans but also serve and protect animals. On patrol over the weekend, while Officer Derek Conley was stopped...
October Hatching of Endangered Turtle Delights Tennessee Aquarium
A tiny new face has herpetologists smiling as the Tennessee Aquarium celebrates its first successful hatching of an endangered keeled box turtle. Unlike other...
Aussies Petition Their Government, Secure Historic Marine Protection for Coral Sea
Pushed by a chorus of 486,900 citizens, the Australian government announced Thursday their intention to create the world’s largest marine reserve, a highly protected...
A Homeless Teen Named National Science Prize Finalist is Given Housing and Help
A dedicated marine biology student at a Long Island High School learned she was named one of 61 finalists for the $100,000 Intel Science...
Endangered Hawksbill Sea Turtle Numbers Show Signs of Hope
Things may not be as bleak as they once seemed for one endangered sea turtle. A new survey finds that hawksbill turtles are more...
Wildlife Officials to Save 70,000 Gulf Sea Turtle Eggs With FedEx Trucks
Gulf Coast rescuers are hatching a daring plan to save as many as 70,000 sea turtle eggs from the fouled water along Florida's...
Agreement Reached in Gulf to Prevent Sea Turtle Burning Deaths
An agreement reached today among conservation groups, BP and the Coast Guard will ensure measures to rescue sea turtles from the surface before setting...
Volunteers Heed Cry for Help in Wake of Oil Spill
Thanks, in part, to a million dollar donation from BP last week, watermen and their families are getting the help they need in Gulf...
Chesapeake Bay Grasses Increase 12%, Pollution Controls are Working
A partnership of states and agencies trying to restore the health of the Chesapeake Bay said that bay grasses increased 12 percent last year,...
Wildlife Rescuers Save Frostbitten Pelicans
A flock of brown pelicans hung around the Chesapeake Bay well past the time they were supposed to fly south for the winter....
Turtle Thought to be Extinct Spotted in Myanmar
One of the world’s rarest turtle species – the Arakan forest turtle – has been observed for the first time in the...
US State Mows with Goats to Go Gently on Environment
Officials in Maryland have come up with an innovative, cost-saving way to protect the environment: they use goats to mow the grass. The...
Finned Wetsuit Made for Sea Turtle With Only One Flipper (Video)
Allison, a green sea turtle with only one flipper, was outfitted in a black neoprene suit with a carbon-fiber dorsal fin on...
6000 Rare River Dolphins Found Off Bangladesh
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has discovered a huge population of rare dolphins in South Asia. Nearly 6,000 Irrawaddy dolphins, which are related to...
These Uncertain Times?
"These uncertain times..." It's hard to go through the day and not see or hear the use of this phrase. But...
Bush Creates Largest Marine Protection Zone in the World
With the stroke of a pen today, President Bush will designate three new areas in the Pacific as Marine National Monuments to create the...
More than 1000 New Species Discovered in Southeast Asia in a Decade
Over a thousand new species have been discovered in the Greater Mekong Region of Southeast Asia in just the last decade, according to a...
Wal-Mart to Cut Global Plastic Shopping Bag Waste
Wal-Mart Stores committed to reduce its global plastic shopping bag waste by an average of 33 percent per store by 2013. This is expected...
100 Success Stories for Endangered Species
In honor of the second annual Endangered Species Day, May 18, a Web site celebrates the success stories and details conservation efforts that led...
Top Ten Stories of 2006: #3 – Species Recovery
Environmentalists Heartened by Stunning Finds of Species, Coral, and Recovery of Many Endangered • Numerous hopeful stories in 2006 showed that endangered...