ZANZIBAR, Tanzania — Eight children and an adult died after eating sea turtle meat on Pemba Island in the Zanzibar archipelago, while 78 other people were hospitalized, authorities said Saturday. Sea ...

Mac Poepoe grew up diving in the waters off Molokai to spear honu — Hawaii’s distinct species of green sea turtle — that helped feed his family.

On the Zanzibarian island of Pemba, sea turtle meat is considered a delicacy — but it also, apparently, can fatally poison you. As the Associated Press and other outlets report, nine people have died ...

Lucia Suarez Sang is an associate managing editor at CBSNews.com. Previously, Lucia was the director of digital content at FOX61 News in Connecticut and has previously written for outlets including ...

Consuming sea turtle meat can cause chelonitoxism, a type of fatal food poisoning that has no cure The outlet said they died from chelonitoxism, a type of food poisoning that only occurs from eating ...

There's new momentum to revive eating green sea turtles in Hawaii, a practice with a long cultural history for Native Hawaiians.

Eight children died and 78 other people were admitted to hospital after eating sea turtle meat on Panza Island in the southern Pemba region of Zanzibar, TheCitizen reported. Sea turtle (image used for ...

What Do Sea Turtles Eat? Sea turtle diets vary widely based on the species. The typical sea turtle that comes to mind is the green sea turtle. Green sea turtles eat mostly algae and seagrasses, which ...

Three Indigenous Teduray people died and more than 30 others were hospitalized after they ate an endangered sea turtle stew in the Philippines, officials said. Officials said dozens of people in the ...