When a hatching sea turtle first pokes its head above the sand and scrambles to the sea, a watching child might ask how the turtle knows where to go and how girl turtles know to come back one day to a ...

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 ...

During the first week of July, the popular travel center and gas station chain Buc-ee’s opened its largest location in Georgia, just off coastal Interstate 95. But it’s not the beaver-branded ...

A rare Loggerhead turtle nesting on the Coffs Coast has turned into a powerful win for conservation, with 135 hatchlings safely reaching the ocean ...

FOLLY BEACH, S.C. (WCIV) — Sea Turtle hatchling season is here and volunteers with the Folly Beach Turtle Watch Program were able to track two separate nests hatch and a female loggerhead turtle lay a ...

Watch your step on the beaches near Jupiter: Loggerhead Marinelife Center is predicting that 2025 will be a top-three year for sea turtle nestings. So far this season, the nonprofit conservation ...

JUPITER, Fla. (AP) – A Florida man has been cited for keeping two Loggerhead sea turtle hatchlings in an aquarium at his Jupiter home. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officers said ...

LATELY, YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED SOME SMALLER TRACKS IN THE SAND. YES, SEA TURTLE BABIES. THEY’RE STARTING TO HATCH TONIGHT. FIRST WARNING METEOROLOGIST SILVER RING HAS WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE SURE THOSE ...

Perdido Key had already logged the first sea turtle nest on Mother’s Day, making it the earliest recorded nest for Perdido Key, and tying for the earliest in Pensacola history, according to the ...

As Hurricane Erin pelted North Carolina’s barrier islands with strong winds and waves this week, it destroyed many nests of threatened sea turtles, burying the eggs deep in sand or washing them out to ...

It is illegal to touch, disturb, or harass sea turtles, their hatchlings, or their nests under state and federal law. If you find a sea turtle in distress, contact the Florida Fish and Wildlife ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CAPE LOOKOUT, N.C. (WNCN) — Activity at the ...