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MERR has responded to at least 11 deceased sea turtles in Delaware this year, which were almost all loggerheads.
Boaters spotted a leatherback turtle in trouble in Cape Cod Bay. A storm was moving in — a team from Provincetown answered ...
A rescue team in Massachusetts saved a 500-pound sea creature that was tangled in fishing gear. The Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) Marine Animal Entanglement Response (MAER) team was called July 9 ...
The Marine Education, Research and Rehabilitation Institute (MERR) is asking boaters and coastal visitors to be on the ...
A recent tragedy occurred in Indian River County, Florida when an elderly man tried to save a turtle. The reptile was slowly ...
The Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge shared that there are five loggerhead sea turtle nests in Virginia Beach, all laid from ...
Here's how Jorge the sea turtle prepared for the improbable journey—decades after he was found tangled in a fishing net off ...
Despite an extensive search and the use of a depth-scanner, MERR representatives have not been able to locate the endangered ...
A sea turtle joined a family's photo shoot in Florida. Photographer Brooke Benjamin says sea turtles aren't usually out ...
After four months of care an injured green sea turtle has recovered and was released back into the wild at Brewers Bay.
Across Georgia's 15 barrier islands, sea turtle conservation efforts appear to be paying off. Here's a look at a few of them.
A "stranded" sea turtle is one that is found dead, sick or injured. In Massachusetts in 2019-2023, turtle strandings tripled compared to the four years between 2009-2013. Strandings also are ...