According to NOAA, cold-stunning is a condition where sea turtles become very weak or inactive after being exposed to cold ...

Aquarists Ryan Schmidt and Andrew Johnson measure a green sea turtle taken in by the North Carolina Aquarium at ... and are protected by the Endangered Species Act. If you see a turtle in the ...

The intentional release of inflated balloons is now illegal across nearly all of the Outer Banks due to environmental ...

Although Jacobs served in the role from 2018 until the end of the president's first term, he was never confirmed by the full Senate.

Image by slowmotiongli via Depositphotos. The Eastern Box Turtle, Terrapene carolina carolina, is North Carolina’s state reptile and an important species in the state’s ecosystems. Recognizable by ...

The findings give biologists a better idea of how young turtles use the Gulf of Mexico, a critical region for four species of endangered sea turtles. “It’s not that the sea turtles were ever lost, but ...

North Carolina opened warming centers and deployed ... the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission warned that sea turtles can become “cold-stunned” when water temperatures drop ...

UNCA's Urban Forest is valuable and is in danger of being developed and damaged, Professor David Clarke writes to UNCA ...

State officials are considering an undeveloped barrier island, an expanded heritage preserve, and a new dove hunting field to ...

This research has been supported by significant extramural funding (hundreds of thousands of dollars) from NSF, the NC Biotechnology ... allow non-native invasive species to flourish.