Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sea turtle nesting season has arrived in the Panhandle with the first local sighting of the sea turtle nest recorded in Perdido ...

Here's the good news we all need this week: Mote’s Sea Turtle Conservation and Research Program (STCRP) documented a historic nesting season in 2025, with 5,735 total nests recorded along 35 miles of ...

A female loggerhead turtle that was rescued after wedging itself between rocks Monday morning did not nest during her interrupted trip along the beach, according to the town's sea turtle nesting ...

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 ...

A wildfire that threatened homes and forced evacuations in Baker County is now mostly contained after burning more than 120 acres Wednesday afternoon. 50 minutes ago ‘We got to pray for rain’: Blown ...

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 ...

Green turtles are shifting their nesting timing in response to climate change, advancing by 6.47 days for every 1°C increase ...

1 in 1,000 turtle hatchlings are expected to survive after they're born. Sea turtles lay about 80 to 120 eggs. There are five Florida sea turtle species: Hawksbill, Kemp's ridley, Loggerhead, ...

Kemp's ridley sea turtles, the most endangered sea turtle species, will nest on Texas beaches from April through mid-summer. Beach drivers on Padre Island National Seashore should be cautious during ...

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 ...