The downside is that they can occupy space in a care facility for some time. If a turtle is in trouble and the aquarium is full, it has to go elsewhere. In Southern California, the aquarium is one of ...

Plastic pollution is not just in oceans and soil. Scientists have now found enormous amounts of microscopic plastic floating through urban air, far exceeding earlier estimates. Road dust and rainfall ...

BELOIT — Catherine Delinda Smith, a native of Janesville, has been crowned Miss Turtle Creek 2026, following a competition held at Beloit Memorial High School recently. The Miss Turtle Creek ...

JANESVILLE — Catherine Delinda Smith, a Janesville native, has been crowned Miss Turtle Creek 2026, earning the title at a local preliminary competition for the Miss Wisconsin Scholarship Competition.

Off the coast of Lebanon, a routine sail in November turned into a rescue when a floating object in the Mediterranean revealed a baby turtle trapped by plastic pollution. What followed was a swift ...

Audubon Aquarium Rescue is caring for 35 critically endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtles that were injured by the cold in New England last month. The turtles were part of a large “cold stunning” event ...

WASHINGTON(AP) — Pop singer Sabrina Carpenter and the publisher of the beloved children’s character Franklin the Turtle are disavowing the Trump administration’s use of their music and imagery to ...

This year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is getting a boost from an array of hip-hop and R&B artists. The annual event scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 27, will feature appearances from Busta Rhymes, ...

Two baseballs for a sea turtle. Three sugar cubes for a puffin. A soccer ball for a harbor porpoise. That’s roughly how much ingested plastic would be deadly for each animal, according to a study ...

Scientists analyzed thousands of autopsies of seabirds, sea turtles and marine mammals and found that even small amounts of ingested plastic can be deadly. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey Two baseballs for a ...

A rescue turtle trapped in limbo for nearly two years due to Brexit is finally heading home. The loggerhead turtle, affectionately named "Barnacle Bill" was taken in by the animal shelter GSPCA in ...

For about half the year, from May through October, the annual sea turtle saga unfolds front and center on the beaches of South Carolina. Clandestine visits in the middle of the night keep the mystery ...