Image via YouTube I'm not sure what it is about human nature and our desire to touch things we know we probably shouldn't have. A Disney star has garnered backlash after she touched a resting sea ...

Thousands on social media were enraged over cultural insensitivity from a video actress China McClain posted on Instagram of ...

A Disney star has apologized to the people of Hawaii after a video showing her touching an endangered sea turtle on a Maui beach led to an uproar on social media. China McClain, an actor and singer ...

A green sea turtle suns itself along a beach in Hawaiʻi. File Photo by Dr. Sheldon Plentovich/USFWS. Actress China McClain ...

State officials say a former Disney actress has apologized after posting footage of herself touching a threatened green sea ...

State and federal agencies charged with protecting marine species such as Hawaiian sea turtles became aware of the post ...

Two actresses, including one with Disney ties, have apologized for a video filmed in Hawaii that sparked a “social media furor,” officials said.

In the past, NOAA has fined visitors to Hawaii who unwittingly and disturbed endangered Hawaiian monk seals resting on shorelines, as well as for a green sea turtle that were showed to social media.

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