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 ...

Between April and mid-summer, hundreds of Kemp's ridley sea turtles will creep out of the waves and across the beach to nest at the base of sand dunes along the Texas coast. If this nesting season is ...

On May 6, Oak Island had something to celebrate: the Oak Island Sea Turtle Protection Program took to Facebook to announce its first sea turtle nest of the season — also the first nest of the year in ...

A loggerhead sea turtle makes its way to the ocean. Photo courtesy of FWC. As we enjoy our beaches and shorelines this Fourth of July weekend, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission ...

CLEARWATER, Fla. — The official start of sea turtle nesting season is May 1 along the Gulf Coast, but the work to protect the sea creatures started weeks ago. Each season, sea turtle trackers patrol ...

This year has been a great one for spotting Eastern Box Turtles (Terrapene carolina) in the Andorra Natural Area, the northern end of Wissahickon Park. We had three unique animals sighted: one ...

Volunteers with Escambia County Sea Turtle Patrol found the first nest of the 2025 season, a loggerhead turtle nest, early on March 11 Volunteers and staff check recorded nests daily to monitor for ...

Each year during the spring and early summer, small turtles nestled below the ripples of Audubon Park Lagoon begin courting, mating and, eventually, nesting. Once their courtship is over, female ...

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 ...