TAMPA, Fla. — Two Florida Fish and Wildlife officers braved the cold temperatures to save 30 sea turtles during the swath of winter weather. The officers went out on the freezing water in Gulf ...

"If we can save one or two every season that's very good," Joumaa said. "We are trying to preserve the balance of nature. There is nothing in the sea that can compensate for the turtles' absence." ...

But Joumaa and her team have still managed to help thousands of newly hatched turtles evade predators to make their way to the sea. The odds of their survival to adulthood though are extremely slim — ...

Upon examination, the turtle appeared weak and was later found to have ingested plastic debris which it had mistaken for food. Despite efforts to save the turtle, it died on Jan. 17. Meanwhile ...