NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Conservation groups sued on Tuesday to reverse changes made under former President Donald Trump to rules protecting sea turtles, even though federal regulators said a week ago...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New rules designed to keep endangered and threatened sea turtles from drowning in some inshore shrimp nets are being postponed, and federal regulators are considering whether to...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Two Florida men have been sentenced to federal prison for stealing 93 protected sea turtle eggs.

Carl Lawrence Cobb, 65, received nine months earlier this week...

MEDINA, Ohio (AP) — Officials suspect a heating element caused a fire that claimed the lives of some turtles at an exhibit in northwest Ohio.

WESTMINSTER WEST, Vt. (AP) — A group is hoping to buy 615 acres of land in three southeastern Vermont towns to protect views, trails and wildlife ranging from wood turtles and herons to bears and...

HILO, Hawaii (AP) — A Hawaii family discovered a rare nest of olive ridley sea turtles on the Big Island before alerting experts, who said the hatchlings are not normally encountered in the...

JUNO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A rainy 2020 has led to a strong sea turtle nesting season in Palm Beach County, with 66% of eggs successfully hatching, officials said.

FRSICO, N.C. (AP) — A species of sea turtle that is rarely seen on North Carolina's Outer Banks has been found dead in a Frisco marsh near the Pamlico Sound.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An environmental group has told the National Marine Fisheries Service that it's going to court over reductions in plans to keep endangered and threatened sea turtles from...

QUINCY, Mass. (AP) — A record number of sea turtles have been rescued this season after becoming stunned by cold water and washing ashore on Cape Cod beaches, the New England Aquarium said...

LIHUE, Hawaii (AP) — Wildlife officials in Hawaii have euthanized a green sea turtle who was hit by a vessel and stranded on Kauai.

The turtle suffered a spinal cord injury and a wound that...

TRURO, Mass. (AP) — Officials on Cape Cod have rescued a rare, 350-pound loggerhead turtle that was stranded on a beach.

The Mass Audubon Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary shared a video on...

QUINCY, Mass. (AP) — The onset of cold weather in New England has led to a surge of cold-stunned turtles becoming stranded on Cape Cod beaches, marine scientists said Thursday.

BUXTON, N.C. (AP) — A green sea turtle has laid eggs unseasonably late in the year on a beach in North Carolina's Outer banks.

The Virginian-Pilot reported Friday that it marks the first...

WELLFLEET, Mass. (AP) — Seven cold-stunned Kemp’s ridley sea turtles have been rescued from Cape Cod beach.

The turtles were found on beaches from Eastham to Brewster Tuesday by Mass...

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Volunteers checking sea turtle nests on a South Carolina beach came upon a rare sight: a white sea turtle hatchling crawling across the sand.

WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts man who pleaded guilty to smuggling salamanders and turtles in and out of the U.S. in violation of federal law and international agreements has avoided...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Georgia recorded nearly 2,800 loggerhead sea turtle nests with more than 250,000 eggs this spring and summer, according to the state Department of Natural...

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A Virginia Aquarium team had to euthanize a 700-pound (318-kilogram) sea turtle that became stranded on a beach.

The aquarium’s Stranding Response Team was called to a...

CHICAGO (AP) — More than 20 endangered Blanding's turtle hatchlings have a new temporary home at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago.

The 24 hatchlings are part of a partnership between the...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Environmental groups said Friday that a total of 351 loggerhead sea turtles have been found dead so far this year on the same stretch of Baja California coast where authorities...

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Officials in a South Carolina island town are proposing an ordinance that would ban beachside homes from disturbing sea turtles by casting light from their...

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaiian green sea turtle hatchlings appeared for the first time on an Oahu beach owned by the U.S. military, which wildlife experts believe may be partly a result of the...

ASHLAND CITY, Tenn. (AP) — A 150-pound (68-kilogram) tortoise who escaped from a Tennessee home has been returned after 74 days, managing to make it less than a mile during his slow and steady...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California took a step Wednesday toward placing Pacific leatherback sea turtles under state protection as the species faces potential extinction from human-caused...

CAPE MAY, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say a sea turtle who was entangled in a fishing trap line and was being circled by sharks off New Jersey was rescued by a Coast Guard cutter.

EDISTO BEACH, S.C. (AP) — Dozens of newly hatched sea turtles were recently found dead by a gas station at Edisto Beach, likely because white lights by the beach led the turtles toward land...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Two Florida men have been charged with stealing 93 protected sea turtle eggs.

Federal prosecutors in West Palm Beach announced charges Monday against Carl...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Rare loggerhead sea turtles are nesting in healthy numbers this year on Georgia beaches.

More than 2,200 loggerhead nests have been counted along the state’s 100-mile...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — A Virginia charter boat operator died Thursday after jumping into the ocean to try and rescue a sea turtle, police said.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Two men were arrested after authorities found them with a bag of sea turtle eggs in Palm Beach County over Memorial Day weekend, wildlife officials said.

Police in Gulf Shores are investigating after a sea turtle nest was vandalized.

Alabama Coastal Foundation executive director Mark Berte said that a predator screen protecting the nest on...