Columbus crabs (Planes minutus) are tiny and can’t swim very far, but they manage to get around—in more ways than one. They make their homes on anything that floats—logs, ship hulls, plastic junk, and ...

When diamondback terrapins spy bait sitting in a crab pot, they often push their way inside to feast, only to get stuck. Terrapins, a small and vulnerable species, use lungs to breathe and can drown ...

Deputies from the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Marine Patrol Unit rescued a loggerhead sea turtle that had become entangled in a crab trap line over the weekend. The turtle was rescued in Florida waters off ...

MARATHON, FLA. (WSVN) - A South Florida sea turtle has made a return to the wild. The 230-pound male loggerhead was released in Marathon on Friday after undergoing rehabilitation at the Turtle ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.— Conservation groups filed a petition today asking the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to adopt regulations that would protect diamondback terrapins from drowning ...

A small loggerhead turtle, just minutes old, survived two perils that could have and should have ended its young life. But thanks to the good eyes and quick responses of some human volunteers, the ...

(WSVN) - A good Samaritan helped rescue a sea turtle after spotting the reptile was stuck in a crab trap. According to officials, the good Samaritan saw the stuck reptile over the weekend and called ...

Seven diamondback terrapins, members of a turtle population that authorities say is declining, washed up dead on a Southold beach, state environmental officials said. Karen Testa, executive director ...

ABSTRACT: Seed consumption by animals can limit reproductive success and recruitment of seagrasses. Consumption of seeds by crustaceans has been reported for several temperate seagrass species, but ...