45+ min ago  (539+ words) GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) — The Institute for Marine Mammal Studies (IMMS) is adding acoustic tags to its sea turtle research program, allowing scientists to track the endangered animals underwater near local fishing piers in real time. For years, IMMS has used…...

2+ hour, 50+ min ago  (598+ words) The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and Woodland Park Zoo recently released 37 young western pond turtles to a local protected site. This action marks 35 years of conservation efforts for Washington state's endangered turtle. The species was listed as endangered…...

4+ hour, 53+ min ago  (180+ words) Tennessee Herpetology Collection Coordinator Bill Hughes holds a trio of four-eyed turtles that hatched at the Aquarium in the first half of 2026. Since making waves by hatching the first of this critically endangered Southeast Asian species in 2007, the Aquarium has…...

6+ hour, 8+ min ago  (158+ words) Environmental activists in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, are warning that heavy machinery used to clear sargasso from beaches is destroying marine life and worsening coastal erosion. Belize uses a similar method. Teams dispatch trucks to shorelines to load and haul…...

8+ hour, 1+ min ago  (175+ words) VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. — Volusia County’s sea turtle patrol is reminding beachgoers to clean up after themselves after a recent nesting attempt was disrupted by abandoned items left on the shoreline. According to Turtle Patrol Volusia, a sea turtle encountered furniture,…...

11+ hour, 41+ min ago  (251+ words) The most notable image of the Roque del Este 2026 regatta this Saturday was not marked solely by the competition, but by a gesture of respect towards the marine environment. The crew of the Lucero II, from the Nachosails Sports Club,…...

12+ hour, 22+ min ago  (301+ words) A new exhibit at Turtle Back Zoo swaps sea lions for one of the planet’s most endangered animals. Surprise: they’re adorable, too. The West Orange zoo opened a brand new lemur exhibit on Tuesday, home to three species: ring-tailed lemurs,…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago  (1376+ words) Over the squelching and sloshing of waders and the eggy smell of shallow wetland waters, Matt Allender bent down and caught something in his hand. He raised it triumphantly. It’s a snapping one, and it does just that; it snaps…...

11+ hour, 47+ min ago  (246+ words) A teenage tortoise that weighs a mega 40kg (6.29st) is looking for a new home after outgrowing its owner. Sixteen-year-old Theo was put on show at the Norfolk Tortoise Club's open day in Hethersett on Saturday. The African spurred tortoise, which likes…...

17+ hour, 39+ min ago  (183+ words) BUTUAN CITY — A rescued female Green Sea Turtle was released back to sea in Carrascal, Surigao del Sur. In a statement on Friday, the local government unit (LGU) of Carrascal said the marine turtle was found by a deputized fish…...