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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

GULF SHORES, Ala. (WKRG) — 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A leatherback turtle died after getting caught up in a fishing pot line, a wildlife trust has said. The stranded turtle at Porthleven Beach was reported to Cornwall Wildlife Trust on Wednesday, but it ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pufferfish can increase to three times their size within seconds. Turtles may be able to recover from a pufferfish’s neurotoxin, ...