SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (CBS12) — The United States Coast Guard (USCG) had to clean up a huge oil spill after a 40-foot vessel washed ashore on Mona Island, Puerto Rico, spilling diesel and oil debris.

Five Kemp's ridley sea turtles returned to Gulf waters Sunday morning after months of rehabilitation at the Institute for ...

In 1978, green sea turtles were placed on the endangered species list primarily due to human activities like bycatch in ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico— As a result of a petition filed by conservation groups, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced that nesting habitat for leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) ...

CLEARWATER, Fla.CLEARWATER, Fla. — Three sea turtles are back in their natural habitats after being rehabilitated at a facility in Florida. All three rehabbed at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium on ...

Federal fisheries managers have agreed to consider designating critical habitat for endangered leatherback sea turtles in the Pacific ocean off Oregon and California. NOAA Fisheries officials said ...

Three months ago, fishers found loggerhead sea turtle Molly with a 10-lb. tumor on her neck. Now, Molly is on the mend and ...

Journal of Coastal Conservation, Vol. 25, No. 1 (February 2021), pp. 1-8 (8 pages) Six species of sea turtles are recognized living in the Indonesia Archipelago and four of them are known for their ...

The Trump administration aims to remove degradation of habitat from its definition of "harm" to endangered species, proposing Wednesday a rule change that would open the door to human activity in ...

The Administrative Court of the Second Judicial Circuit of San José recently dismissed a lawsuit filed by development company JBR Capital Ventures against the Municipality of Nicoya over construction ...

CLEARWATER, Fla. — Three sea turtles are back in their natural habitats after being rehabilitated at a facility in Clearwater. All three were rehabbed at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium on Florida's ...