Underwater

A young seal pup, with its feet curled under its body, sitting on a beach.

Seal Pup Escapes A Slow Death After Fishing Net Tightens Around His Neck

Hopeful rescue of a seal pup entangled in ghost gear highlights risks of discarded fishing nets and marine rubbish.

Seal Pup Escapes A Slow Death After Fishing Net Tightens Around His Neck

Hopeful rescue of a seal pup entangled in ghost gear highlights risks of discarded fishing nets and marine rubbish.

Dark-shelled turtle swims underwater over a pale sandy bottom.

Woman Finds Daily Peace In The Quiet Visits Of Two Wild Turtle Best Friends

Uplifting story of daily turtle visits that brought companionship, healing, and purpose to a Florida woman.

Woman Finds Daily Peace In The Quiet Visits Of Two Wild Turtle Best Friends

Uplifting story of daily turtle visits that brought companionship, healing, and purpose to a Florida woman.

Trump Administration's Gulf Drilling Exemption Puts Rare Wildlife In Deep Danger

Trump Administration's Gulf Drilling Exemption Puts Rare Wildlife In Deep Danger

A rare federal committee has cleared Gulf oil drilling past key Endangered Species Act protections, and some of the animals in the path of that decision are already on the...

Trump Administration's Gulf Drilling Exemption Puts Rare Wildlife In Deep Danger

A rare federal committee has cleared Gulf oil drilling past key Endangered Species Act protections, and some of the animals in the path of that decision are already on the...

Two light-colored dogs stand beside a person on a dock, looking down toward the water.

Golden Retriever Reunites With Dolphin And Sparks An Astonishing Return Encounter

A golden retriever’s swim with a wild dolphin captures wonder and caution as the dolphin returns to dock.

Golden Retriever Reunites With Dolphin And Sparks An Astonishing Return Encounter

A golden retriever’s swim with a wild dolphin captures wonder and caution as the dolphin returns to dock.

Several baby sea turtles crawling across sandy beach toward the ocean, their small flippers pushing through the sand.

Hikers Uncover Frozen Terror From an 80-Million-Year-Old Sea Turtle Escape

A casual climb along an Italian cliff led to something astonishing: a sprawling set of fossil tracks that may capture sea turtles fleeing sudden catastrophe 80 million years ago. The...

Hikers Uncover Frozen Terror From an 80-Million-Year-Old Sea Turtle Escape

A casual climb along an Italian cliff led to something astonishing: a sprawling set of fossil tracks that may capture sea turtles fleeing sudden catastrophe 80 million years ago. The...

Sea turtle stranded on a beach covered in thick algae or debris, lying near the shoreline.

Beach Rescue Saves World’s Rarest Sea Turtle From the Brink

She looked more like a moss-covered rock than a living animal. But beneath the algae, barnacles, and sludge was one of the rarest sea turtles on Earth, barely hanging on....

Beach Rescue Saves World’s Rarest Sea Turtle From the Brink

She looked more like a moss-covered rock than a living animal. But beneath the algae, barnacles, and sludge was one of the rarest sea turtles on Earth, barely hanging on....