2026-08-15
A volunteer network spanning beach patrols, hospitals, drivers, and pilots rescued 473 cold-stunned sea turtles that washed ashore on Cape Cod in November and December 2025, according to The Guardian. The annual number of stranded turtles has grown from about 50 per year in the early 2000s to close to 500. Researchers attribute the surge to warming waters in the Gulf of Maine, one of the fastest-warming bodies of water in the world.
2026-08-03
Two brothers fishing from a Cape Cod beach in late July caught and released a five-foot juvenile tiger shark, a species far more common in warmer southern waters that scientists said is an indicator of warming seas caused by climate change.
2026-07-21
Firefighters in Bonita Springs, Florida, rescued 14 sea turtle hatchlings that had fallen into a pair of storm drains near a condominium beach club on Tuesday, according to the Bonita Springs Fire District. The rescue operation involved personnel from the fire district and the wildlife group Turtle Times, Inc.