Sea turtles can get attacked by sharks, become immobilized by cold weather and weakened by disease. More often, sea turtles collide with boats or get entangled in fishing gear. In 2023, the Sea Turtle ...

OCEARCH is best known for its work studying, tagging and tracking great white sharks, but the nonprofit research group also tracks other species. One of them, a 5-foot-2-inch, 916-pound female ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Kemp's ridley sea turtle swims into the ocean after being released by New England Aquarium biologists in West Dennis, ...

RIGHT NOW, ABOUT 72 DEGREES. THAT’S A LOOK AT THE FORECAST. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GLENN. AND JUST LAST WEEK, LOGGERHEAD MARINELIFE CENTER FOUND THEIR EARLIEST LEATHERBACK NEST ON THEIR 8.5 ...

FLORIDA — March is the official start of nesting season for sea turtles in the Sunshine State and, as a protected species, there are a few things to note about the season and nesting sea turtles. The ...

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Juno Beach, Fla. — The veterinary staff at a Florida sea turtle hospital is getting help from space to monitor the animals they've rehabilitated. They're particularly interested in amputees. Using ...

A massive Kemp’s ridley sea turtle — the world’s smallest and most critically endangered sea turtle species — washed ashore on a Galveston, Texas, beach on March 7, 2026, launching an emergency rescue ...

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