Mote Marine Laboratory's Sea Turtle Conservation and Research Program (STCRP) documented the first local turtle activity of the 2025 season on Saturday, April 26. The STCRP team reported one ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — You often see turtle nest protection cages built for sea turtles along the beach, but what about in Nashville? Recently, a group of friends took it upon themselves to build ...

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 ...

MAYPORT, Fla. – With sea turtle nesting season underway, advocates are encouraging beachgoers to protect the creatures. Naval Station Mayport is preparing to have between 20 to 30 sea turtle nests by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sea turtles return to the same nesting sites year after year to grow their populations, but rising global temperatures have ...

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 in ...

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A 17-year study shows that warmer oceans and falling food supply are causing sea turtles to nest earlier but lay fewer eggs.

Locally, turtles' nesting season runs from about mid-May to mid-June. Motorists kill thousands of turtles trying to cross roads to get to their nesting sites. Seven of the state's 10 native turtle ...

Indian River County sets record number of green turtle nests. 4,515 green turtle nest counted. 50% increase in green turtles recorded in July. Indian River County has had a record number of green sea ...