Comatose and Washed Up, 1,000 Endangered Sea Turtles Are Rescued in Florida
The reptiles, an endangered species, were incapacitated when the water temperature plummeted after a rare winter storm hit ...
In an ‘impressive’ rescue, more than 1,200 sea turtles saved from cold Florida waters
On Florida’s east coast, offshore Nassau and Volusia counties, an ongoing cold-stunning event has harmed about 120 green sea ...
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Florida beaches are seeing an influx of cold-stunned and sick green sea turtles
Sea Turtle Hospital at UF Whitney Lab cares for green sea turtles in double digits as they wash up on beaches cold-stunned ...
‘Florida Stands With Israel,’ K9 and gopher tortoise specialty license plates coming soon
Three more specialty license plates will soon be available on Florida’s roads including ones supporting Israel, K9s and ...
Thousands of endangered tortoises are rescued in Madagascar after their sanctuary is flooded
The 12,000 radiated and spider tortoises that were housed at the Lavavolo Tortoise Center faced a new and unexpected ordeal ...
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Cuban Resident Rescues Escaped Giant Tortoise in Miami Neighborhood
It's not every day that a neighbor turns into a hero by saving a pet—especially when that pet is a giant tortoise. Such was ...
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Comatose and washed up, 1,000 endangered sea turtles are rescued in Florida
A photo provided by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission shows rescuers at the shoreline of St. Joseph Bay in the Florida Panhandle searching for turtles in cold-induced comas ...
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‘Florida Stands With Israel,’ K9 and gopher tortoise specialty license plates coming soon
The gopher tortoise remains a threatened species in Florida because of loss of its upland habitat. They dig burrows that are used by 350 other animal species, according to the Wildlands ...