RINC N, Puerto Rico – The turtle, presumably, had no way of knowing it would become a symbol of protest when it got stuck for hours in a construction site on a beach in western Puerto Rico, unable to ...

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) — After a snapping turtle decided to take a dip in someone's private pool, firefighters had to remove it from the premisses. Palm Beach County Fire Rescue's Battalion 2 ...

Julie Sharp is a digital producer at CBS Los Angeles. She is a South Bay native and majored in print journalism at Cal State University Long Beach. Julie previously reported for the Beach Reporter, ...

A Florida hotel was overrun with adorable baby sea turtles after an estimated 50 hatchlings got lost in the dark and headed toward the pool instead of the Gulf of Mexico. It happened before dawn ...

A turtle in a conservation center in Thailand underwent surgery to remove an 11-pound metal ball from her stomach after she swallowed 915 coins that had been tossed into her pool. The Associated Press ...