A Disney star has apologized to the people of Hawaii after a video showing her touching an endangered sea turtle on a Maui ... I adore these beautiful turtles, and the people of Hawaii.

A lone hawksbill turtle approaches Jim Luecke, Maui Ocean Center’s assistant curator, during a dive off Maui’s southern coastline. Hawksbill sightings are extremely rare in Maui waters.

Maui Ocean Center veterinarian Paul McCurdy examines a green sea turtle patient at MOC Marine Institute. MOC Marine Institute Photos / NOAA Permit: 21260. Fishery interactions made up the majority ...

From Left: China Anne McClain; and a green sea turtle ...

Loggerhead sea turtles ... States and in Hawaii. Following one successful lawsuit, longline fishing for swordfish was prohibited along the West Coast. In another successful effort, we compelled the ...