From the 1800s through the 1950s, people clamored for the delicacy green turtle soup. Though the color describes the hue of the soup, one turtle commonly used for the dish – the Chelonia mydas – has ...

APOLLO BEACH, Fla. (WFLA) — A sea turtle was found more than a mile from the Gulf of Mexico on a rural road in Cedar Key. The green sea turtle was found on southwest Highway 361 and Southwest 583rd ...

KEY WEST — A rehabilitated green sea turtle was released back into the wild off the Florida Keys after she was rescued from a crab trap last month. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission (FWC) ...

A South Florida family on a snorkeling trip helped save a green sea turtle trapped in a commercial fishing trap's buoy line near the Florida Keys. A video of the rescue was submitted Friday, though ...

As a result of daytime temperatures plummeting into the 50-degree range last week, hundreds of green sea turtles are being rescued from the colder-than-usual waters off Florida’s East Coast. This week ...