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Navy releases six rare turtles that washed up on UK shores into natural habitat

The crew of a Royal Navy warship have released six rare turtles that washed up on UK shores back into the wild in their original Atlantic habitat. Portsmouth-based patrol vessel HMS Medway transported the loggerhead turtles to the Azores, as it was ...

27 Sept 2024 at 22:40

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VIDEO: Marine biologist whose video removing a plastic straw from a sea turtle’s nostril sparked global calls for a ban is trying to save the species

A marine biologist whose shocking video of a sea turtle having a plastic straw removed from its nostril sparked a global movement to have the single use plastic items banned is grabbing worldwide attention again for her work to save the endangered ...

30 Jun 2022 at 08:55

Turtle returned to wild almost two years after being found on Scottish beach

A “malnourished and dehydrated” turtle that washed up on a beach in Scotland last year more than a thousand miles from her natural habitat has been restored to good health and released back into the wild. Iona was not expected to “make the night” ...

06 Oct 2023 at 18:29

Turtle dove hunting ban boosts western European population by 25%

Numbers of threatened turtle doves in western Europe increased by a quarter in just two years of a hunting moratorium, conservationists said. The birds, which migrate from Africa each year to breed in European countries including the UK in the ...

28 Jun 2024 at 10:22

‘Invasive’ alligator snapping turtle found in Cumbria and named Fluffy by vets

An “invasive” alligator snapping turtle has been named Fluffy by a vet after being found near a lake in Cumbria. The animal, which could “certainly give you a nasty nip”, is native to freshwater habitats in North America in states such as ...

10 Feb 2024 at 18:42

World

Man admits trying to smuggle 850 protected turtles worth £1 million to Hong Kong

A New York resident has admitted he tried to smuggle protected turtles worth more than one million US dollars from the US to Hong Kong by shipping them in boxes labelled “plastic animal toys”. Wei Qiang Lin, a Chinese national who lives ...

12 Aug 2025 at 14:44

World

Healed sea turtle released to mark Earth Day

A rehabilitated green sea turtle has been released back to the ocean in the US to mark Earth Day. Several hundred onlookers watched on Marathon’s Sombrero Beach in the Florida Keys as staff from the Keys-based Turtle Hospital released ...

22 Apr 2022 at 23:25

Local News

New Downings seaweed processing facility officially opened

A new state-of-the-art seaweed processing facility has been opened in Downings. The seaweed company is called Green Turtle and it is owned by Joost Wouters, Stefan Krann, and Lorraine Gallagher. The opening of the facility was ...

24 Apr 2024 at 12:33

Local News

RTÉ's David McCullagh to feature in Louth Library Service's autumn lecture series

Louth Library Service has announced an exciting line-up for their autumn lecture series as part of Louth County Council’s Commemorative Programme 2024. The talks will look at the early years of the Irish state, as well as ...

09 Sept 2024 at 11:33

World

British tourist in hospital after shark attack as Tobago closes several beaches

A shark has attacked a British tourist in the south-eastern Caribbean, prompting the government of Trinidad and Tobago to close seven beaches and a marine park. The man was admitted to hospital in an intensive care unit ...

26 Apr 2024 at 20:20

Sea Life counts more than 30,000 aquatic creatures in annual stocktake

Aquarists armed with their measuring tapes and clipboards counted more than 30,000 creatures at Sea Life aquariums across the UK as they undertook their annual stocktake. The marine creatures were counted, weighed and ...

02 Jan 2025 at 17:02

‘Secretive’ rare turtle found after detective work by British conservationists

The first breeding population of an “incredibly rare” turtle has been discovered in India thanks to the detective work of British academics. A team of conservationists led by the University of Portsmouth used ...

22 Feb 2024 at 10:31

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