The Advocate

Gulf fish, endangered sea turtles targeted with $210 million for 10 restoration projects

The money comes from an $8.8 billion settlement that BP entered into with the federal government and Gulf Coast states in 2016 to try to remediate some of the extensive damage. The settlement set ...
Action News Jax

Naval Station Mayport joined forces with Florida Fish and Wildlife to rescue sea turtles

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Florida Fish and Wildlife helped the Navy with an important rescue operation at Naval Station Mayport. The Navy said a sailor spotted a number of juvenile green sea turtles stuck ...
Center for Biological Diversity

President Biden Urged to Ban Mexican Fish Imports, Stop Mass Killing of Endangered Sea Turtles

WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity called on President Biden today to impose trade sanctions against Mexico to stop the nation’s massive bycatch of loggerhead sea turtles, as required by ...
WESH

Cold-stunned sea turtles rescued amid historic winter storm in Florida now recovering

30 cold-stunned sea turtles are safe and warm after a pair of Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) officers rescued them from a historic winter storm.According to FWC, the two ...
WFTV

FWC, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service form plan to help “confused” sea turtles in Flagler County

FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. — The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission has partnered with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to find a solution after reports of “wayward” sea turtles on a Flagler County ...
WLRN

Comatose and washed up, 1,000 endangered sea turtles are rescued in Florida

A photo provided by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission shows rescuers at the shoreline of St. Joseph Bay in the Florida Panhandle searching for turtles in cold-induced comas, ...
Sarasota Magazine

It's Sea Turtle Nesting Season. Here's How to Keep Turtles, Nests and Those Tiny Hatchlings Safe.

Mote Marine Laboratory's Sea Turtle Conservation and Research Program (STCRP) documented the first local turtle activity of the 2025 season on Saturday, April 26. The STCRP team reported one ...
cbs12.com

1,200 sea turtles rescued from chilling fate after cold front hits Florida

President Donald Trump confirmed on Monday that he appears in the recently released Jeffrey Epstein files because Epstein was "all over Palm Beach." 'Oh s***’: Deputies say SUV charged at them after ...
Los Angeles Times

Oceans are heating up. Who will protect the turtles, whales and fish crossing borders into cooler waters?

It’s been a hot summer. The ocean has been hot too. Marine heat waves, or patches of warmer-than-normal sea surface temperatures, are making headlines because we’ve never seen anything quite like what ...
cbs12.com

Pregnant sea turtle rescued from pool on Jupiter Island

JUPITER ISLAND, Fla. (CBS12) — A pregnant sea turtle found herself stuck and stranded in a pool on Jupiter Island. On Monday, the Martin County Fire Rescue (MCFR) responded to a home on Jupiter Island ...
USA Today

Turtle trouble: Why are so many stunned turtles washing up in Florida?

Turtle hospitals and aquariums across the country are caring for sea turtles that stranded on beaches during the winter season, which is now coming to a close amid an uptick in strandings along ...