There are five species of marine turtles in Florida: loggerhead, green, leatherback, Kemp's Ridley and hawksbill.

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 ...

Sea turtle nesting season has begun in Florida. Learn what to do and what not to do if you encounter a sea turtle or nest.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Every summer, as the sun sets over the shores of Palm Beach County, one of nature’s most awe-inspiring spectacles quietly unfolds ...

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 ...

Crews are working 24-7 with bulldozers, dump trucks and bright lights on portable towers during sea turtle nesting season.

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 ...

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 ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — As summer heats up, so does nesting activity for sea turtles along Virginia’s coast. Conservationists say this year’s nesting season is shaping up to be one of the busiest in ...

FOLLY BEACH, S.C. (WCSC) - Trained volunteers have spotted the season’s first sea turtle nest a few days earlier than normal, the Department of Natural Resources says. The volunteers, with the Folly ...

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 ...