LAGOS (Reuters) -Plastic pollution, discarded fishing nets and coastal development are taking a heavy toll on Nigeria's sea turtles, say conservationists battling to save them. "We're seeing a drastic ...

Mark Snyder’s eighth-grade government students at Shirland School have been studying the meaning of citizenship and its rights, duties and responsibilities. One of the responsibilities of citizenship ...

Endangered sea turtles are hatching on the coast of Lebanon and making their way to the Mediterranean. The turtles have essentially remained unchanged for a hundred million years. Their habitat has ...

A small charity on the Kenyan coast has become vital to the region's majestic turtle population, saving thousands from poachers, fishermen's nets and ever-worsening plastic pollution. On the beach of ...

In the middle of the Atlantic, while racing a yacht from London to Rio de Janeiro, Dhruv Boruah and his team came across two turtles tangled in plastic. While they managed to save the turtles, ...

Plastic straws are one of the top contributors of plastic pollution in the oceans. With just 9% of straws capable of being recycled worldwide, hundreds of millions to billions make their way into the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Most of them are nearly frozen to death, paralyzed and require immediate medical assistance. Some turtles even die from this ...

WATAMU, Kenya — The young hawksbill turtle was accidentally caught in a net in the Indian Ocean off Kenya’s coast. WATAMU, Kenya — The young hawksbill turtle was accidentally caught in a net in the ...

WATAMU, Kenya — A small charity on the Kenyan coast has become vital to the region's majestic turtle population, saving thousands from poachers, fishermen's nets and ever-worsening plastic pollution.