With sea turtles at risk of extinction — and entanglement in fishing gear a primary threat, along with climate change and habitat loss — conservation efforts have been put in place to reduce their ...

Studies have shown that lighted nets can reduce bycatch of sea turtles and sharks, but the idea has faced many hurdles to adoption. The batteries are short-lived, expensive to replace and raise ...

Placing lights on fishing nets reduces the chances of sea turtles and dolphins being caught by accident, new research shows. Placing lights on fishing nets reduces the chances of sea turtles and ...

Mysterious red lights can be seen through the clouds over the ocean at night in bizarre photos taken by pilots. As shared in a viral Reddit thread, the pictures show huge patches of an eerie red light ...

Saltwater creeks and flats offer a unique perspective of the inshore saltwater world at night. Powerful beams of lights illuminating the skinny water revealsa myriad of sea life including blue crabs, ...

Gillnets are walls of netting that hang in water and trap fish. They are the most widely used fishing device in the world but also often trap sharks, sea turtles and rays who can't escape and die.

Placing lights on fishing nets reduces the chances of sea turtles and dolphins being caught by accident, new research shows. LED lights along the top of floating gillnets cut accidental "bycatch" of ...

Scott Simon talks with Arizona State University researcher Jesse Senko about the benefits of attaching LED lights on vertical fishing nets to make them less dangerous for marine mammals. Gillnets are ...