On a boat off Costa Rica, a biologist uses pliers from a Swiss army knife to try to extract a plastic straw from a sea turtle’s nostril. The turtle writhes in agony, bleeding profusely.

Police said the 34-year-old male suspect allegedly tried to run over his pregnant, 32-year-old girlfriend with his vehicle. According to HPD, a 30-year-old man stole a tip jar from a local ...

FLORIDA KEYS, Florida (KFOR) – A 200-pound green sea turtle named JP Saul was released back into the ocean on Thursday, March 6, after recovering from a flipper amputation.

The species is the largest sea turtle that migrates in tropical and temperate seas, including the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean. When the researchers examined the turtle ...

Once prevalent in every ocean except the Arctic and Antarctic ... Leatherbacks can dive to depths of 4,200 feet—deeper than any other turtle—and can stay down for up to 85 minutes.

In densely populated coastal areas, reactions of polluted air with sea salt aerosol from the ocean can lead to high surface ozone levels that affect air quality. Chlorine has become infamous for ...

RELATED VIDEO: Baby Turtle's First Journey into the Ocean Nick Wesley ... "The river was historically terribly polluted. Sewage and shipping were the two main uses, but I think we've really ...

Egypt: Near the Red Sea resort town of Marsa Alam, an endangered green sea turtle feeds on Halophila stipulacea, a tropical seagrass that is also native to the Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf.

Upon arrival, responders found the large turtle weighed down and debilitated, covered in epibiota—marine organisms that live on other animals. This included layers of a variety of algae ...