Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What goes up, must come down. This is true of all things, but when it is a helium-filled balloon, tragedy can result. When a ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Sea turtles, marine birds and children under 7 will be protected under a new Florida law that bans the intentional release of balloons. The law, signed by Republican Gov. Ron ...

March 24 (UPI) --A pair of jet skiers rescued a sea turtle they spotted tangled in a balloon string off the coast of California. Video shared to YouTube channel Wild Spirit Nature Channel showed ...

TURTLES. >> THAT IS A LOT OF BALLOONS. GIANNA: 110 BALLOONS. THAT’S THE AMOUNT LOGGERHEAD MARINELIFE CENTER HAS COLLECTED SO FAR THIS YEAR. >> WHICH IS KIND OF A CRAZY AMOUNT IN TWO MONTHS ALONE.

OCEANSIDE, Calif. - The Oceanside Humane Society is trying to determine who duct-taped a turtle to a bunch of balloons and sent it soaring over the San Diego County city. Chanelle Wright told a local ...

What goes up, must come down — and that can be a big problem for our environment. We don’t mean to be party poopers, but when it comes to celebrating or memorializing anyone with balloons, don’t let ...

First they dimmed the lights along the coast to protect sea turtles. Now some cities and counties are willing to become party poopers to keep the threatened species safe, banning balloons in places ...

On Nov. 9, Indian Trace Elementary School in Weston held a pep rally and dozens of Mylar stringed balloons were released into the atmosphere. Why this practice is entertaining is beyond me. In my four ...

BOSTON (WHDH) - A sea turtle that ingested a balloon ribbon is recovering at the New England Aquarium after being rescued on Cape Cod last November. Staff with Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife ...

Imagine a 7-foot-long purple balloon ribbon. That's one inch longer than American basketball phenomenon LeBron James, who measured in at 6 feet and 9 inches tall with the National Basketball League.