Scientists aren't sure exactly why the events are increasing, but say it's likely attributed to a variety of factors.

In addition to habitat destruction, the turtles face threats from illegal and legal trapping in states like Missouri and Alabama, entanglement in and ingestion of fishing gear, nest predation by ...

Entanglement in fishing gear is a leading threat to endangered whales and sea turtles. Trap fisheries, like California’s commercial Dungeness crab and New England lobster fisheries, are threatening ...

Two fisherman spotted the injured turtle entangled in a stone crab trap off Seven Mile Bridge in Marathon, in the Florida Keys, last month and called up The Turtle Hospital for assistance ...