KEY WEST, Fla. — A 170-pound loggerhead turtle nicknamed “Molly” was back home in the warm waters of the Florida Keys on Tuesday after a successful surgery to remove a life-threatening tumor inches ...

The loggerhead turtle named Molly underwent a three-hour-long operation to remove her massive neck tumor Courtesy of The Turtle Hospital In August, fishermen found a loggerhead sea turtle with a ...

Molly, a 170-pound loggerhead turtle, was released back into the ocean after a surgery to remove a life-threatening tumor that was just inches away from her head. NBC News' George Solis reports on the ...

KEY BISCAYNE, FLA. (WSVN) - A rescued marine reptile was returned to the waters of Key Biscayne by the team at Zoo Miami. Zoo officials found a juvenile green sea turtle, named Pumpkin Spice, tangled ...

Even after multiple rounds of tumor-removal surgery using a cauterizing carbon dioxide laser, persistent tumor regrowth is a recurring problem in infected sea turtles. We’ve found that, on average, 60 ...

MARATHON, FLA. (WSVN) - A big sea turtle was in big trouble down in the Florida Keys and had to undergo emergency surgery. One of the marine reptile’s front flippers had to be amputated at The Turtle ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A sea turtle that swallowed more than 4 feet of fishing line has been released in the Atlantic Ocean off South Carolina's coast after undergoing surgery. The South Carolina ...

VIRGINIA BEACH — Animal care staff at the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center were kept busy Thursday morning. The crew spent most of the morning performing surgery to remove a hook from the ...