A turtle has been rescued from a fishing net by a rowing team during a transatlantic challenge.

To us she’s a supermodel, but to sea turtles she’s a superhero. Gisele Bündchen saved a sea turtle’s life after finding it had been washed ashore upside down while trapped inside a fishing net. The ...

The Sea Turtle Assistance and Rescue (STAR) is urging the community to practice responsible fishing, after a green sea turtle was found earlier this month with a fishing spear through its neck. The ...

The phrase "what goes in … must come out" took on a literal meaning for a green turtle that had gobbled up human trash, only to poop it out later with help from a veterinarian. The green turtle ...

Sea turtles are getting caught on fishing hooks at a record rate in Hampton Roads this year, filling local animal rehabilitation facilities. The Virginia Aquarium reported 58 hooked turtles from April ...

There is nothing quite like it — the release of a loggerhead sea turtle from a beach back into the Gulf waters. It happened on Wednesday at West Beach in Gulf Shores for an almost 100-pound sea turtle ...

A 217-pound sea turtle had to be rescued off the Florida Panhandle after closer inspection revealed it was dragging enough fishing gear to outfit a tour group. This includes fishing rods, hooks, ...

GRAYTON BEACH — A photographer hopes his images of a dead sea turtle snagged onto an artificial reef by a fishing net Friday will help raise awareness of marine endangerment. Chandler Williams, owner ...

A TikTok video of a leatherback turtle dangling from a fishing wire on a boat has been viewed 4.6 million times and has sparked outrage from one conservation group. The video, posted by the user ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) -Two Savannah teens got quite the science lesson out of the classroom on Wednesday. Solomon and Reese Cohen woke up wondering how they would spend on of their first full days of ...

CHAPEL HILL -- Thousands of loggerhead turtles die every year when they get tangled or hooked in commercial fishing longlines meant for tuna or swordfish. New research suggests a possible reason why ...

WASHINGTON -- It's a scene that scientists say is all too common: A commercial fishing boat pulls in a net full of shrimp or tuna and finds a loggerhead sea turtle mixed in with the catch. Biologists ...