The key to saving the lives of more than 20,000 endangered loggerhead sea turtles may be as simple as baiting fishing hooks with mackerel and fish at slightly deeper depths. Scientists Ricardo Sagarminaga van Buiten (Spanish Cetacean Society) and Ana Ca

In order to save his life, a veterinarian outfits Hermie the Turtle with a set of braces. Zookeepers at New York State Zoo in Watertown's Thompson Park obtained the turtle in May. They noticed Hermie was having trouble eating. Tests showed he was unable to close his mouth completely, making eating a struggle. His lower jaw was actually growing downward, reports The Associated Press.

Anglers fishing in a frozen river in northern Sweden returned with a strange catch - a live turtle they found trapped under the ice. "My friends did not believe me but then saw it for themselves. And right then it moved," Anna Nyberg, one of the anglers said Monday.

An Iowa woman reportedly got more than she bargained for in her morning coffee when she opened a package of Folgers coffee and found a dead turtle. Officials at Proctor & Gamble, the parent company of Folgers, spoke with the woman, Marjorie Morris, by phone Thursday. Morris plans to send the turtle to a P&G for testing. P&G said this is the first time they are aware of such an incident occurring with one of their products.