MIAMI-DADE COUNTY — The Miami Dade Sheriff’s Office freed a loggerhead turtle entangled in a crab trap line on Oct. 11. The Marine Patrol Unit responded to a call from a Good Samaritan in vessel about ...

ATLANTA - A prolific turtle trapper is accused of illegally trapping and exporting thousands of freshwater turtles in Georgia. Nathan Horton, 36, was indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly ...

A new rule that aims to prevent certain turtles from accidentally getting pinned down inside crab traps will soon be in effect in Florida, authorities announced Monday. These traps, experts say, have ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Ida, an adult female loggerhead turtle who was rescued from a lobster trap, was released back into the wild in the Florida Keys on Saturday, Jan. 20. A video posted on The Turtle ...

Authorities say a sea turtle who was entangled in a fishing trap line and was being circled by sharks off New Jersey was rescued by a Coast Guard cutter. The Coast Guard says the stricken animal was ...

As global warming fills the plankton-rich waters of New England with death traps for sea turtles, the number of stranded reptiles has multiplied over the last 20 years, filling one specialized animal ...