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, ...

A green sea turtle named Dellora laid the first documented green sea turtle nest of the season on Sanibel Island. Green sea turtles are less common than loggerheads in the area. Dellora, originally ...

Researchers at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School have developed a method to read the chemical layers inside sea turtle shells like a biological stopwatch, reconstructing years of an animal’s ...

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 ...

CAPE HATTERAS, N.C. (WAVY) — To celebrate World Sea Turtle Day, Cape Hatteras National Seashore is reminding beach goers to watch out for nests. According to a Facebook post, Cape Hatteras is home to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Indian River County has had a record number of green sea turtle nests so far this nesting season, county officials reported ...

Preliminary counts show roughly 6,600 nests along Palm Beach’s Atlantic shoreline this season. The majority of nests belonged to loggerhead sea turtles. The 2025 sea turtle nesting season ran from ...

Recovery plan for U.S. population of Atlantic green turtle (Chelonia mydas) / prepared by the Loggerhead/Green Turtle Recovery Team for Southeast Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National ...

Five rehabilitated sea turtles were released back into the Gulf of Mexico at Inlet Beach in Walton County. The group included four loggerhead turtles and one juvenile green sea turtle, all treated at ...