Florida beaches are about to get filled with sea turtle eggs as the nesting season starts in March. This is the time female sea turtles come ashore to lay their eggs. Wildlife officials estimate the ...

As sea turtle nesting season starts to heat up, any turtle mamas that make the trek up the Pritchards Island beach may encounter some extra obstacles. The rapidly eroding island owned by the ...

Journal of Coastal Conservation, Vol. 25, No. 1 (February 2021), pp. 1-8 (8 pages) Six species of sea turtles are recognized living in the Indonesia Archipelago and four of them are known for their ...

Hampered by climate change, rising temperatures, and beach erosion, endangered sea turtle populations already face an uphill battle. But in the past three years, South Florida environmental non-profit ...

It’s a scene played out since the age of dinosaurs. But for those fortunate enough to witness this rite of spring along the Georgia coast today, the performance never gets old. From a safe distance – ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico— As a result of a petition filed by conservation groups, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced that nesting habitat for leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) ...

Loggerhead sea turtles are a common sight on Gulf coast beaches during their nesting season. Sea turtle nesting season in the area runs from May 1 through Oct. 31. Female loggerheads typically return ...

St. Johns County Coastal Management will be tilling sections of beaches to help protect and maintain sea turtle nesting habitats. The tilling process loosens sand, allowing sea turtles to dig their ...

In the back of a large SUV, 15 small sea turtles wrapped in wet towels and packed in individual banana boxes awaited their new lease on life Thursday, preparing to swim off the Louisiana coast after ...

ALBEMARLE BEACH, N.C. — When most patients arrive at Sentara Albemarle Medical Center on the Outer Banks, they walk through the front doors. But on Thursday, two very special patients with protective ...

Dilly Dally, a loggerhead turtle who survived a run-in with a predator that ultimately cost her a front flipper, has been released from a Florida animal hospital back into the Atlantic Ocean. "No ...