Imagine the surprise of finding a deceased sea turtle on the beach. That alone is such a rare occurrence it would take a moment to process. Then, imagine seeing a potentially deadly Russell’s viper emerge from the deceased Olive Ridley sea turtles and it begins to seem like a field biologist’s

iStockphoto / agaliza A paddleboarder was out on the water when he was caught between a tiger shark attacking a sea turtle Things went from tense to terrifying when the tiger shark then turned and took a bite into his paddleboard and knocked him in the water Read more SHARKS stories here

I’ve always heard that Tiger Sharks will ‘eat anything’ and everything. They’ve been known to eat fish, squid, turtles, birds, sea snakes, crustaceans, and more. The species has a reputation of being a ‘garbage eater’ because people have found all sorts of human trash in the stomachs of tiger

Baby sea turtles are some of my favorite creatures on the entire planet. When I was a kid, I was at Turtle Beach one afternoon on south Siesta Key where I grew up and happened to be there right as some marine biologists/field scientists from Mote Marine were digging up one of the sea turtle nests

We are all very much aware of the suffering that we, as human beings, impose on the other species that inhabit our planet. Habitat destruction, over-exploitation, climate change and the introduction of invasive species have all contributed to what is rapidly becoming a sixth ‘mass extinction,’ and