IMMS uses acoustic tags to track endangered sea turtles near fishing piers ...

Shortly after the team rescued the turtle, it was transported to the National Sea Turtle Rescue Center to receive treatment.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A green sea turtle in a horizontal underwater over-under shot with blue skies and fluffy clouds above, and the coral reef below.© ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Two men were able to help a turtle that was entangled in fishing line. Kalaninui Akau was spearfishing with a friend off Makaha when they found the entangled turtle. He ...

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 ...

This loggerhead sea turtle was rescued July 5 off the Florida Panhandle, with a tangle of fishing rods, fishing line and hooks stuck to it, the Gulfarium Marine Adventure Park reports. Gulfarium ...

The story of a turtle caught twice in fishing nets reveals a dual threat facing many ocean animals. The female loggerhead turtle, called "Thunderbird," was entangled in ghost (abandoned) fishing gear ...

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 ...

A once-distressed green sea turtle whose survival chances had been deemed a “long shot” was released back into the Atlantic ...