Sea Turtle

• Rescued loggerhead sea turtle Moira flown from B.C. to U.S. for release

  Moira was only the second loggerhead sea turtle to ever be recorded in B.C. waters and a satellite link transmitter was placed on her so anyone can follow her movements.

  Environment

  Oct 25, 2024
  
• Hypothermic turtle revived after rescue from Bay of Fundy shore, shipped south

  Scottie was given her name after she was found on Nov. 16 on a beach near Scots Bay and was hypothermic and semi-comatose from exposure to the cold and powerful currents.

  Environment

  Nov 24, 2023
  
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• Stewie the endangered turtle saved after ‘baking in hot sun’ of Nova Scotia

  'This turtle was far away from its home in the ocean and was not going to survive the tidal waters,' the Stewiacke Volunteer Fire Department said.

  Canada

  Jul 30, 2021
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• ‘Cold-stunned,’ rare tropical sea turtle rescued off B.C. coast

  The Olive Ridley Sea Turtle, which was suffering a form of hypothermia, is just the fourth to ever be recorded in B.C.

  Environment

  Oct 3, 2019
• Globe-trotting turtle remembered for deepening scientists’ understanding of leatherback biology

  Red Rockette was first tagged off Nova Scotia in 2012, and since then her travels to and from a Colombia beach have offered scientists in both countries a previously unseen look into her species' movements and nesting patterns.

  Canada

  Sep 26, 2018
• Endangered leatherback sea turtle found frozen in Cape Breton lake

  Sea turtle biologist Mike James says there have been eyewitness accounts of leatherbacks in the Bras d'Or Lake chain in the past, but this recent find represents the first time a specimen has been positively identified in the area.

  Environment

  Feb 15, 2018
• Sea turtle rescued after becoming tangled up in 26 bales of cocaine

  A U.S. Coast Guard anti-drug smuggling ship made a surprise discovery: a sea turtle, tangled up in $53 million worth of cocaine bales.

  World

  Dec 20, 2017
• Rare sea turtle found in Wales, thousands of kilometres from its natural habitat

  An extremely rare sea turtle has been discovered on a beach in North Wales, thousands of kilometres from its usual home – the coasts of Mexico and the southern United States.

  Environment

  Nov 14, 2016
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• Vancouver Aquarium frees first-ever rehabilitated sea turtle in San Diego

  The sea turtle believed to be the first ever successfully rehabilitated in Canada is now swimming, free and healthy, in the warm waters off San Diego, Calif.

  Environment

  Oct 20, 2016
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• Endangered green sea turtle to be released

  A green sea turtle rescued from British Columbia's frigid ocean this winter is on his way back to warmer waters.

  Apr 19, 2016