Dipesh Patil from Vashi, found the turtle in Vashi Creek on Friday evening, when it was struggling to come out of the water. Two days after an injured Olive Ridley turtle weighing 25kg was rescued ...

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas (Border Report) — Dozens of sea turtles have been killed recently off South Texas waters due to gill-netting — a fishing practice that is illegal in U.S. waters of the Gulf ...

HONOLULU (Island News) -- The leading cause of injury to Hawaiian green sea turtles was discovered to be entanglement from fishing gear from the latest Hawaii Pacific University research. The wildlife ...

Two endangered sea turtles were likely mating when they got tangled up in something else, according to officials in Texas. The adult green sea turtles — one male and one female — were found entangled ...

Endangered turtles are at risk after the Trump administration reversed a decades-old fishing ban at a national monument. This means that turtles who have been protected both onshore and in the ocean ...

Studies have shown that lighted nets can reduce bycatch of sea turtles and sharks, but the idea has faced many hurdles to adoption. The batteries are short-lived, expensive to replace and raise ...

Leatherback turtles are highly vulnerable to getting entangled in lobster pot fishing gear off the coast of Massachusetts. A new study now shows that they can largely survive these entanglements — if ...

Eleven turtles were rescued from a polluted water fountain in Thane by non-governmental organisation (NGO) RAWW along with the help of Thane Forest Department officials. The rescue took place at a ...

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 ...

Studies have shown that lighted nets can reduce bycatch of sea turtles and sharks, but the idea has faced many hurdles to adoption. The batteries are short lived, expensive to replace and raise ...

WWF is working with one the world’s largest manufacturer of fishing hooks to reduce the accidental catch of millions of marine turtles. By producing circle hooks for commercial fishermen, WWF and ...