MIAMI-DADE COUNTY — The Miami Dade Sheriff’s Office freed a loggerhead turtle entangled in a crab trap line on Oct. 11. The Marine Patrol Unit responded to a call from a Good Samaritan in vessel about ...

(WSVN) - A good Samaritan helped rescue a sea turtle after spotting the reptile was stuck in a crab trap. According to officials, the good Samaritan saw the stuck reptile over the weekend and called ...

ATLANTA - A prolific turtle trapper is accused of illegally trapping and exporting thousands of freshwater turtles in Georgia. Nathan Horton, 36, was indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Ida, an adult female loggerhead turtle who was rescued from a lobster trap, was released back into the wild in the Florida Keys on Saturday, Jan. 20. A video posted on The Turtle ...

As global warming fills the plankton-rich waters of New England with death traps for sea turtles, the number of stranded reptiles has multiplied over the last 20 years, filling one specialized animal ...