SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas (Border Report) — Dozens of sea turtles have been killed recently off South Texas waters due to gill-netting — a fishing practice that is illegal in U.S. waters of the Gulf ...

Studies have shown that lighted nets can reduce bycatch of sea turtles and sharks, but the idea has faced many hurdles to adoption. The batteries are short-lived, expensive to replace and raise ...

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 ...

Endangered turtles are at risk after the Trump administration reversed a decades-old fishing ban at a national monument. This means that turtles who have been protected both onshore and in the ocean ...

They were just looking for a bite to eat when they accidentally got hooked. Now five endangered sea turtles, inadvertently caught by fishermen off local fishing piers, have been rehabilitated and are ...

Octaviano Sanchez, who has been a long-line fisherman for nearly thirty years, was the first one in Jurubira who dared participate in the traditional hooks exchange programme and try out the ...

Samuel Crosby, 11, of Sharpsburg loves to fish in O’Hara Township Community Park. “I fish for anything,” the Dorseyville Middle School student said as he reeled in a not-too-happy-to-be-caught ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. MONTPELIER — The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department says keeping native turtles as pets is prohibited because it can harm the turtle and pose threats ...

More than 100 olive ridley turtles were found dead in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar Beach in the last few weeks. Conservationists blame the uncontrolled use of fishing nets and increased tourism during the ...

Turtles are on the move and may be encountered on roads. The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department is encouraging drivers to keep an eye out for them and, if safe to do so, help them cross the road.