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Video: Endangered sea turtles returned to sea after medical treatment
14+ hour, 21+ min ago (13+ words) Cape Cod Times...
GALLERY: Take a look back through photos of turtles in South Jersey
8+ hour, 36+ min ago (850+ words) Staff at the Wetlands Institute taught Stone Harbor Elementary School students how to gently and safely hold young turtles recently. Irie, a kindergartner at Stone Harbor Elementary School, gives a "turtle handshake" to a terrapin before releasing it back into…...
Average Guy Outdoors: Why snapping turtles risk the road " and how to help
8+ hour, 40+ min ago (470+ words) Why did the turtle cross the road?" To get to the Shell station, is how one version of the joke goes. The reality is turtles cross roads all of the time. And judging by the evidence of the failure of…...
Snapping Turtle spotted laying eggs at Chippewa Park
14+ hour, 36+ min ago (75+ words) CBC Snapping Turtle spotted laying eggs at Chippewa Park On June 29th, a snapping turtle made an interesting choice: it laid its eggs in the middle of the road at the Chippewa Park Campground area. - From Ojibway Park to South Windsor,…...
Naturalist to separate reptile myths from facts at Lanier Library
9+ hour, 53+ min ago (306+ words) Published 8: 40 am Friday, July 3, 2026 TRYON'Area residents will have the opportunity to test their knowledge of reptiles and learn more about some of the region's most misunderstood creatures during an upcoming program at Lanier Library. As part of the Felburn Nature…...
Somerset estate helps bring turtle doves back from the brink
14+ hour, 29+ min ago (558+ words) A major Somerset rewilding effort is starting to pay off, with turtle doves released last year now being recorded back at key sites in Somerset and Devon after their long migration to Africa and back. The rare doves have returned…...
UF Whitney Lab opens applications for Fall Sea Turtle Husbandry Internship
20+ hour, 55+ min ago (126+ words) The Sea Turtle Hospital at the University of Florida's Whitney Laboratory is accepting applications for its Fall Washback Sea Turtle Husbandry Internship. The program coincides with Florida's Atlantic coast "washback season," when shifting winds and currents push hundreds to thousands…...
Peabody clinicians protect pregnant turtle
22+ hour, 32+ min ago (472+ words) July 2, 2026 by Olivia Mc Kenna-Stevens PEABODY " A chance encounter outside of Peabody's Ellie Mental Health clinic with a pregnant snapping turtle brought some levity to the day for the clinicians who were lucky enough to be at work. Laura Smith,…...
At one resort, Hawaiians set sea turtle hatchlings free on the 4th of July: 'It's Turtle Independence Day"
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (445+ words) Not everyone celebrates the Fourth of July with booming fireworks or hot-dog eating contests. Across the country, people honor Independence Day with plenty of unique and specific traditions " from a key lime pie-eating contest in Key West, Florida, to the…...
Jet skiers thought a 220-pound sea turtle was dead off Australian island " then it opened its eyes
1+ day, 43+ min ago (377+ words) A day on the water off Australia's Magnetic Island turned into an emergency rescue, Good Good Good reported. Jet skiers realized a massive green sea turtle they had feared was dead was still alive, after the animal, estimated to weigh…...