When diamondback terrapins spy bait sitting in a crab pot, they often push their way inside to feast, only to get stuck. Terrapins, a small and vulnerable species, use lungs to breathe and can drown ...

Deputies from the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Marine Patrol Unit rescued a loggerhead sea turtle that had become entangled in a crab trap line over the weekend. The turtle was rescued in Florida waters off ...

MARATHON, FLA. (WSVN) - A South Florida sea turtle has made a return to the wild. The 230-pound male loggerhead was released in Marathon on Friday after undergoing rehabilitation at the Turtle ...

A small loggerhead turtle, just minutes old, survived two perils that could have and should have ended its young life. But thanks to the good eyes and quick responses of some human volunteers, the ...

Seven diamondback terrapins, members of a turtle population that authorities say is declining, washed up dead on a Southold beach, state environmental officials said. Karen Testa, executive director ...

The recent loss of a critically endangered Pacific leatherback sea turtle found ensnared in derelict crabbing gear near the Farallon Islands has cast a pall over the troubled commercial fishing fleet ...

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 ...