What types of animals do veterinarians specializing in exotic species commonly see in practice? S. Emi Knafo, DVM, DACZM, zoological medicine specialist and assistant clinical professor of zoological ...

Most travelers come to Florida with a familiar checklist: beaches, theme parks, cotton-candy sunsets, a weeklong escape into sunshine. The sugar sand and roller coasters do deliver, but after three ...

Porkchop, a three-flippered sea turtle, is back in the wild after a year of rehabilitation, a hopeful moment amid ongoing ...

Long Beach’s Aquarium of the Pacific rescued the injured sea turtle more than a year ago, and has been helping it recover ever since.

A global study finds that everyday boat traffic can disrupt ocean animals like whales, sharks, and sea turtles - even without collisions.

Did you know there are around 100 sea turtles living in the San Gabriel River? One in particular (named Porkchop because of her love of food) was discovered trapped in debris almost a year ago. She ...

Birds that feed on nectar or fruit evolved better mechanisms for managing metabolism, blood pressure and high glucose.

When I was a child, I dreamed of becoming an explorer. Being born in the 1950s, options for girl explorers seemed slim so I daydreamed about pretending to be a ...

How much trash can you pick up in just 60 minutes? According to Courtney Dombroski, founder of the coastal nonprofit Eco ...

For the first time in more than 150 years, giant tortoises are returning to the wild on Floreana Island in the Galápagos — guided by NASA satellite data that helps scientists discover where the ...

Scroll long enough, and you will see barnacles portrayed all over social media as ocean troublemakers. People violently scrape them off ship hulls and sea turtles like they are the problem. In ...

Ever pulled through a fast-food drive-thru and picked up a sack of food that tasted like it had just been freshly reheated in the microwave? We have all been there, and there’s nothing fresh about it, ...