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 ...

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 ...

Each year, the city of Sanibel supports the mission of the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation (SCCF) and its team of ...

Savannah Guthrie abruptly leaves 'Today' show mid-broadcast amid search for missing mother "Today" co-anchor Savannah Guthrie was back on the show Thursday after she made an unexpected exit during the ...

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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 ...

The New York Aquarium set an endangered sea turtle free on Wednesday after a successful rehabilitation, with a crowd in Coney Island cheering for the animal's return to his natural habitat. The sea ...

Outer Banks Forever, the official nonprofit partner of the three Outer Banks national parks, has opened its annual Adopt A Sea Turtle Nest program for the sea turtle nesting season at Cape ...

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

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 ...

At the Center for Biological Diversity, we believe that the welfare of human beings is deeply linked to nature — to the existence in our world of a vast diversity of wild animals and plants. Because ...