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Florida’s leatherback sea turtles rebound to record high, following devastating hurricane season

An annual report from Florida’s Fish and Wildlife Research Institute is giving experts hope for turtle populations after the triple impact of Debby, Helene, and Milton.

Under an inky sky, fishing nets are covered in green LED lights. In the corner, another photo shows a person holding a sea turtle

Solar-powered, light-up fishing nets are saving sea turtles: 'Reduces entanglement by 63%'

Arizona State University’s Senko Lab is studying ways to make fishing gear less harmful to sea turtles, sharks, and other threatened species.

Three images of a loggerhead sea turtle in various stages of recovery at an aquarium center after being stranded with debilitated turtle syndrome.

Woman spends 92 days saving sea turtle covered in hundreds of barnacles: 'She doesn't even look like the same turtle'

Syrena the loggerhead turtle was near death when she was rescued by marine biologist Tabitha Siegfried.

A photo of a female Hawksbill sea turtle in a vet's office coffered in barnacles and moss

This sea turtle was found 'gravely unwell' and covered in barnacles. See her amazing three-month recovery

Bear the hawksbill sea turtle was in dire straits when she was found stranded on a beach in Australia.

A Kemp's ridley sea turtle washed up on a beach

A lifeguard rescued a turtle with a fishing hook lodged in its throat. It's one of the world's rarest sea turtles

A lifeguard and marine biology student was shocked when she discovered one of the world’s rarest turtles on the sands of Mustang Island.

A green sea turtle in a large aquarium pool.

An aquarium rescued a 240-pound sea turtle from a fishing line. They need your help saving her flipper

A green sea turtle the size of a manhole cover was found stranded by the San Gabriel River in January.

A Kemp's ridley sea turtle laying on a beach covered in sand.

Beach cleanup uncovers 10,000 pieces of litter — and one of the world's rarest sea turtles

It is incredibly rare for Kemp’s ridley sea turtles to find themselves in South Carolina. One turtle took locals by surprise during a recent beach cleanup.

Two young women in blue shirts smile as they hold up Kemp's ridley sea turtles on a beach.

The Kemp's ridley sea turtle is the most endangered sea turtle in the world. This aquarium just saved 35 of them

A total of 29 sea turtles were recently released back into the Gulf of Mexico, with eight more in recovery.