Officials in Martin County got a unique call for assistance on Monday.Martin County Fire Rescue said it responded to a call of a sea turtle swimming in a saltwater residential pool on Jupiter Island.

Jorge, a 60-year-old, 220-pound loggerhead turtle, is a unique case of an animal who spent so long in captivity, yet managed to reacquaint himself to his natural habitat. Photograph By Pablo E. Blasko ...

Turbo enjoying time swimming around in the turtle pond and getting good meals and exercise.(Courtesy Humane Rescue Alliance) Turbo is a pretty female red-eared slider turtle. Turbo recently arrived at ...

Some sea turtle hatchlings in Florida yesterday became “very lost” on their maiden voyage to the ocean. The hatchlings instead ended up in a hotel swimming pool and the bushes and a storm drain. If ...

A loggerhead sea turtle spotted struggling in the Indian River Bay June 21 is apparently free-swimming now, according to the Lewes-based nonprofit Marine Education, Research and Rehabilitation ...

A forgotten pool filled with toxic water turned into a deadly trap for helpless turtles. Left with no chance of survival, they were clinging to life in heartbreaking conditions. The rescue mission ...

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Charlotte the sea turtle was injured in a boat accident out in the wild. Charlotte, a green sea turtle at Connecticut's Mystic Aquarium, wears a custom 3D-printed prosthetic harness on his backside.

A 268-pound loggerhead sea turtle named Swim Shady made her triumphant return to the Atlantic Ocean on Monday morning, nearly three months after she was badly injured in a boat collision off Florida’s ...

Eleven leatherback turtles are swimming across the Pacific Ocean to the Galapagos Islands in a "race" that will be tracked online to draw attention to the plight of the critically endangered creatures ...

An attempt to rebuild a beachfront pool turned into a much bigger story about the threats of erosion and overdevelopment on the island. Erosion and overdevelopment threaten Puerto Rico’s beautiful ...

They’re lean, they’re mean and they’re green. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? Not exactly, but hundreds of diamondback terrapin hatchlings have been rescued from subterranean storm drains along the ...