ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— In response to a legal agreement with environmental groups, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and NOAA Fisheries today proposed to designate roughly 8,850 acres of beaches and ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (CBS12) — The United States Coast Guard (USCG) had to clean up a huge oil spill after a 40-foot vessel washed ashore on Mona Island, Puerto Rico, spilling diesel and oil debris.

Federal fisheries managers have agreed to consider designating critical habitat for endangered leatherback sea turtles in the Pacific ocean off Oregon and California. NOAA Fisheries officials said ...

The Administrative Court of the Second Judicial Circuit of San José recently dismissed a lawsuit filed by development company JBR Capital Ventures against the Municipality of Nicoya over construction ...

Threatened green sea turtles that in recent years have been found expanding into waters off Southern California could get more protection of their habitat, migration routes and forage areas. The ...

CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — Three sea turtles are back in their natural habitats after being rehabilitated at a facility in Florida. All three rehabbed at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium on Florida’s Gulf ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico— As a result of a petition filed by conservation groups, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced that nesting habitat for leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration wants to designate areas across North America as critical habitats to protect sea turtles. What this would do: The designation would mandate that ...