Methods used in wildlife ecology can influence population- and community-level estimates, such as species richness, sex ratio, age and size structure, occupancy and detection probabilities, and ...

TYBEE ISLAND, Ga. (WTOC) - A sea turtle that was hooked on someone’s bait at the Tybee pier is back in the ocean after folks on the island worked together to release it. Julie Tatum sent us the video.

WASHINGTON -- A change in fishing technology -- including hooks and bait -- could sharply reduce the accidental catch of sea turtles, the National Marine Fisheries Service said yesterday. The agency ...

The alligator snapping turtle in this clip has everything he needs to go fishing. The bait is a part of his body, and his lightning-quick ‘snap’ is too fast for most prey to escape from. All he has to ...

MAYPORT — The evolution of king mackerel trolling, tackle, boats, baits, tactics and a hundred other things has been an ever-changing story in Northeast Florida over the last 40 years. But, happily, ...

Spanish scientists have studied interactions between the loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) and fishing gear such as longline hooks used at the water surface, mass beachings, and the effects of ...

A tuna fisherman has taken it upon himself to make the seas safer for sea turtles, animals that are threatened or endangered with extinction worldwide. He’s designed a new hook that he says will make ...

A bait bucket with live crabs hangs into the water from Jennette’s Pier in Nags Head, North Carolina. That’s nothing unusual, but the endangered green sea turtle playing with the bucket is what ...