Florida’s beaches – particularly those in Palm Beach County – are among the world’s most vital nesting grounds for loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta), accounting for 90% of all loggerhead nests ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The first loggerhead sea turtle nest was spotted on Anna Maria Island over the weekend. The Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch said it has been patrolling the beach since April 15 to ...

BOCA RATON, FL— New research on Florida's vital nesting beaches suggests that the slope of the sand and the placement of man-made structures may be more important to a loggerhead sea turtle's nesting ...

Sea turtles return to the same nesting sites year after year to grow their populations, but rising global temperatures have disrupted this ancient cycle. New research has found that two sea turtle ...

So far this year, some 90,000 loggerhead turtle hatchlings have emerged from their sandy nests on a pair of beaches located within the Cape Romain National Wildlife. And this wasn’t even a great year ...

WELCOME BACK. COVERING NORTHERN PALM BEACH COUNTY. AN IMPORTANT EVENT FOCUSED ON PROTECTING OUR COAST AND OUR OCEANS. TURTLE FEST COMING BACK THIS WEEKEND AT LOGGERHEAD MARINE LIFE CENTER. HERE TO ...

ANNA MARIA ISLAND, Fla. (WFLA) — Sea turtle nesting season is in full swing, which means weekly updates from Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch. The first nest was spotted in the first week of May, and 35 ...

Leatherback sea turtle on a beach. By Herve06 via iStock for WMNF News. Clearwater Marine Aquarium (CMA) launched its sea turtle nesting patrol on April 15, two weeks earlier than in previous decades.

VIRGINIA BEACH — A sand replenishment project in Croatan Beach was put on hold to allow loggerhead turtle eggs to hatch. It has been rescheduled to after turtle nesting and hatching season ends in ...

Satellite data shows loggerhead remained largely in Turkish waters this season, unlike earlier journey that took her to the ...