Bats get a bad rap, but they help us humans in many ways. According to the FWC: “All of Florida’s bat species eat insects, and a single bat can consume hundreds of insects each night, including ...

The number of sea turtle nests established in Palm Beach dropped this season by more than 3,000 from a record-breaking count in 2023, but the town's sea turtle monitor said there is no cause for ...

Preliminary counts show roughly 6,600 nests along Palm Beach’s Atlantic shoreline this season. The majority of nests belonged to loggerhead sea turtles. The 2025 sea turtle nesting season ran from ...

The first loggerhead sea turtle nest of the season was found on April 6 in Juno Beach, marking the second earliest loggerhead nesting recorded since 1983. Researchers at Loggerhead Marinelife Center ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Palm Beach County Zoo & Conservation Society has opened the first sea turtle rehabilitation center in West Palm Beach. The ...

Leatherback turtles are expected to have another high nesting season, setting a record for the earliest nest recorded in Florida on Feb. 16. While sea turtle population numbers seem to be steadying as ...

FLAGLER BEACH — Lori Ottlein likes turtles. She already had a couple of pet turtles, known as cooters, named Sam and Ella, when one day, more than two decades ago, she saw some people on the beach ...

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 ...

The Palm Beach County Zoo & Conservation Society has opened the first sea turtle rehabilitation center in West Palm Beach. The move marks a milestone in South Florida marine conservation efforts.

The Palm Beach County Zoo has opened the first sea turtle rehabilitation center in West Palm Beach. The new facility, operated by Sea Turtle Care and Conservation, was founded by three women to ...