Methods used in wildlife ecology can influence population- and community-level estimates, such as species richness, sex ratio, age and size structure, occupancy and detection probabilities, and ...

TYBEE ISLAND, Ga. (WTOC) - A sea turtle that was hooked on someone’s bait at the Tybee pier is back in the ocean after folks on the island worked together to release it. Julie Tatum sent us the video.

WASHINGTON -- A change in fishing technology -- including hooks and bait -- could sharply reduce the accidental catch of sea turtles, the National Marine Fisheries Service said yesterday. The agency ...

The alligator snapping turtle in this clip has everything he needs to go fishing. The bait is a part of his body, and his lightning-quick ‘snap’ is too fast for most prey to escape from. All he has to ...

MAYPORT — The evolution of king mackerel trolling, tackle, boats, baits, tactics and a hundred other things has been an ever-changing story in Northeast Florida over the last 40 years. But, happily, ...

A tuna fisherman has taken it upon himself to make the seas safer for sea turtles, animals that are threatened or endangered with extinction worldwide. He’s designed a new hook that he says will make ...

Spanish scientists have studied interactions between the loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) and fishing gear such as longline hooks used at the water surface, mass beachings, and the effects of ...

More than 250,000 loggerhead and 60,000 leatherback turtles are estimated to be inadvertently snared each year by commercial longline fishing, with up to tens of thousands dying, according to the ...

A bait bucket with live crabs hangs into the water from Jennette’s Pier in Nags Head, North Carolina. That’s nothing unusual, but the endangered green sea turtle playing with the bucket is what ...

FULTON - Two Fulton men have been given citations after a video showing them shooting a box turtle was posted to Facebook. The men later said they were killing the turtle for fishing bait. The video ...

DURHAM, N.C. -- More than 250,000 loggerhead and 60,000 leatherback turtles are estimated to be inadvertently snared each year by commercial longline fishing, with up to tens of thousands dying, ...

Editor's Note: This is the first in a two-part series on turtles. There are over 240 species of turtles worldwide, but turtles are most abundant in eastern North America. Most turtles have good field ...