The money comes from an $8.8 billion settlement that BP entered into with the federal government and Gulf Coast states in 2016 to try to remediate some of the extensive damage. The settlement set ...

COCOA BEACH, Florida (WESH) — Brevard Zoo’s Sea Turtle Healing Center is marking 10 years of helping marine wildlife. The group celebrated the milestone Thursday with what it does best — sending a ...

Animal science alumna coordinates efforts to restore sea turtle populations in the Gulf of Mexico after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill On April 20, 2010, an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (KRIS) — On Friday evening, two trucks carrying sea turtles arrived at the Port of Corpus Christi Center for Wildlife Rescue at the Texas State Aquarium. “This afternoon, we ...

The reptiles, an endangered species, were incapacitated when the water temperature plummeted after a rare winter storm hit the Panhandle last week. By Adeel Hassan Their flippers were paralyzed, they ...

The first loggerhead sea turtle nest of the season was found on April 6 in Juno Beach, marking the second earliest loggerhead nesting recorded since 1983. Researchers at Loggerhead Marinelife Center ...

Recently hatched Kemp’s ridley sea turtles have been washing back up onto Coastal Bend beaches in greater numbers than usual, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Almost 30 post-hatchlings ...

HOUSTON — With the Fourth of July coming up, a lot of Texans are heading to the beach, but unexpected guests are trying to join the party: sea turtles. Sea turtle rehabilitation facilities along the ...