The Center for Biological Diversity has filed a second lawsuit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for failing to act as required to conserve the Carolina madtom and the Neuse River waterdog.
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OBX Sea Turtle Rescue Hosts Online Auction
The nonprofit Network for Endangered Sea Turtles, or N.E.S.T., is hosting an online fundraising auction that ends Saturday.
Eastern Black Rail Now Listed as Threatened
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service finalized listing the eastern black rail, found in 35 states including North Carolina, as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
Cold-Stunned Sea Turtles Receive Care
The large cold-stunning event last Thursday on the central coast of North Carolina saw dozens of sea turtles in need of rescue and rehabilitation.
New Rule Limits Options For Saving Species
The Trump administration’s new Endangered Species Act rule takes effect this week, with changes that conservationists say will hinder future measures to save wildlife and plants from extinction.
Hatteras Reaches 400-Plus Sea Turtle Nests
Cape Hatteras National Seashore reported to that as of as of Wednesday, there were 414 sea turtle nests with about 16,504 eggs, breaking the previous record from 2016 of 325 nests.
Hatteras Breaks Sea Turtle Nests Record
Cape Hatteras National Seashore announced Tuesday that for the third time in five years, a sea turtle nesting record has been broken, with the discovery of the 326th nest Monday.
2 Neuse River Creatures To Get Protection
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposes to list the Neuse River waterdog as threatened and the Carolina madtom as endangered under the Endangered Species Act.
NOAA Team Tags 13 Leatherback Turtles
NOAA Fisheries staff and colleagues sampled and tagged 13 leatherback turtles off Beaufort in May,continuing a 2017 project to study the turtles.
Sea Turtle Sighting on Pine Knoll Shores
Pine Knoll Shores police officer Nancy Montanino snapped this photo on World Turtle Day Thursday of a sea turtle while on the town’s beach. Sea turtle nesting and hatching season began May 1 and goes through October. Contact the North Carolina Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores if you spot any nesting turtles, or injured and dead turtles at 252-247-4003.
Six Rehabilitated Sea Turtles Head Home
Six sea turtles were released Saturday after being rehabilitated for months by the North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island’s Sea Turtle Assistance and Rehabilitation Center at the Frisco Bath House.
Six Sea Turtles to be Released Saturday
There will be six rehabilitated sea turtles released Saturday morning by the North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island at the Frisco Bath House on Hatteras Island.
Cold-Stunned Sea Turtles Undergo Treatment
The North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island Sea Turtle Assistance and Rehabilitation, or STAR, Center is currently treating close to 40 cold-stunned sea turtles, which are responding well to treatment, according to staff.
Volunteers Needed to Patrol for Sea Turtles
The Network for Endangered Sea Turtles is hosting a meeting at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Ocracoke Community Center for volunteers interested in patrolling for sea turtles washed ashore this fall and winter.
Sam’s Field Notes: Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtles
The rarest, smallest of sea turtles, the Kemp’s ridley has also long been one of the most mysterious, but turtle watchers recently assisted as hatchlings emerged from a rare nest in Emerald Isle.
Beachgoers View Sea Turtle Nest Excavation
The public was able to view Tuesday the Cape Hatteras National Seashore staff excavating a nest of baby loggerhead turtles lcoated about a quarter mile north of the Lifeguard Beach stand.
