Green sea turtles congregate near a dock in the Bahamas ... mostly for their fiery red and gold carapaces, which were fashioned into hair clips, eyeglasses, jewelry boxes, and furniture.

Twenty cold-stunned juvenile green turtles rescued from the frigid waters off Florida’s east coast are receiving care at Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium’s Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Hospital.

But most of these 1,200 sea turtles were lucky. The wind and currents had carried their motionless bodies ashore, where, at least, they could be found. Last week’s extraordinary storm that ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission documented over 1,200 cold-stunned sea turtle rescues within six days. Florida’s northern coast was recently hit with a rare cold weather ...

Ten sea turtles ... from Turtles Fly Too, Sara Hertwig, said that the nonprofit has flown over 350 missions to transport various wildlife, including penguins, a seal, a pelican and a red wolf.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. An arctic blast that brought a rare snowfall to northern Florida last week left green sea turtles as far ...

Dozens of cold-stunned sea turtles were rescued after temperatures plunged. An 'exhausting and relentless' five days: In one case, two officers with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...

ST. JOSEPH BAY, Fla. (CBS12) — More than 1,200 sea turtles were rescued in northern Florida following a significant cold-stunning event in mid-January. According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife ...

Ten turtles rescued after stranding along the beaches of Cape Cod Bay were released into the Canaveral National Seashore in Florida on Tuesday afternoon, according to the New England Aquarium and ...

Five cold-stunned sea turtles are under the care of veterinarians at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences.Volunteers, marine crews, and members of the Coast Guard rescued nearly 900 ...

Ten rescued sea turtles were released into the Canaveral National Seashore in Florida after being treated for hypothermia. The turtles were rescued from Cape Cod Bay after becoming stranded due to ...