Video shows snorkeler freeing entangled sea turtle off Key West
A South Florida family helped free a green sea turtle from a fishing trap's buoy line off Key West, an effort captured on video.
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A South Florida family helped free a green sea turtle from a fishing trap's buoy line off Key West, an effort captured on video.
The incident comes during the height of South Florida's turtle nesting season, a critical time when volunteers work to ensure hatchlings safely reach the ocean.
A large sea turtle found injured along the Florida coast in May following a boat strike has been returned to the ocean.
A satellite tracking device attached to Dilly Dally's shell will allow the center and the public to follow her journey.
The three Peruvians and two Colombians had been missing since mid-March and were found on May 7 by an Ecuadorian boat called Aldo.
"Wow," whose unusual name stemmed from rescuers' reaction upon spotting her, underwent a series of successful surgeries at the Turtle Hospital.
The female turtle gained over 47 million views on the Keys' Turtle Hospital's social media accounts during her recovery, with posts depicting all aspects of her care including the removal of hundreds of barnacles encrusted on her shell.
Twenty critically endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtles arrived in the Florida Keys on Thursday to warm up.
The nesting season ended on Oct. 31 with more than 2,700 nests documented.
The FWC said Cooter B. was treated at the Turtle Hospital in Marathon after she was found caught in a crab trap.
A rehabilitated sea turtle has been released back into the Atlantic Ocean from a Florida beach.
"Roseleigh" is swimming to raise awareness about water quality.
A fitting tribute to Earth Day on Monday.
The 200-pound loggerhead turtle was found last week entangled in a lobster trap buoy line
However, global warming threatens their survival
Nyad and her team released Rocky the green sea turtle on the same beach where she completed her epic swim.
Tina, a rescued seaturtle, was released back into the ocean near Key West.
Due to changing ocean temperatures, hundreds of sea turtles have been washing up almost dead onto New England beaches. Because local aquariums don't have room to nurse them all back to health, the volunteer pilots of Turtles Fly Too have come to the rescue.
Zoo Officials say that the turtle was brought to a hospital on March 13 after it was hooked by a recreational fisherman off the Dania Beach Pier.
Three species of sea turtles typically nest on Broward's beaches each season: leatherbacks, loggerheads, and green turtles.
Last month, the zoo's turtle hospital received eight cold-stunned juvenile Kemp's ridley sea turtles from the Cape Cod area
The turtles were found stranded around Cape Cod Bay as a result of the condition.
The turtle arrived at Zoo Miami on November 5th after being found tangled in a net and in a lethargic, weak condition
"Ian" was found buried in seaweed by a family cleaning up a boat ramp after Hurricane Ian brushed Key West
Sea turtle nesting season ended just a few days ago, and now researchers know it didn't go that well. Heat is part of the reason.
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Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
Activists are calling for a nationwide boycott of Target stores following the company's decision to roll back its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
A judge has ordered that actor Timothy Busfield be released from jail during a detention hearing on child sex abuse charges.
An assistant for "Queer Eye" star Karamo Brown told "CBS Mornings" he would not be joining Tuesday's interview with the cast ahead of the release of the series' 10th and final season.
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