Army Corps celebrates 3 beach restoration projects, but sea turtle nesting season was a concern and over 4,100 eggs from 45 ...

The program offers community members a unique opportunity to play an active role in protecting Florida’s coastal wildlife ...

Southwest Florida is experiencing a successful sea turtle nesting season, with numbers surpassing previous years. Collier County beaches have recorded 2,161 nests, a significant increase from the ...

Sea turtles spend most of their lives roaming the planet's oceans, traveling thousands of miles for ideal feeding and ...

Mote Marine Laboratory’s Sea Turtle Conservation and Research Program (STCRP) has documented the first local sea turtle ...

FLORIDA — March is the official start of nesting season for sea turtles in the Sunshine State and, as a protected species, there are a few things to note about the season and nesting sea turtles. The ...

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 ...

Over 4,100 Florida sea turtle eggs were removed from 45 nests, including 3,429 leatherbacks and 122 loggerheads. Here's why.

The staff at a Florida sea turtle hospital is monitoring some animals they've rehabilitated from space -- especially amputees, such as one they named Amelie, who's back at sea.

Like most humans, sea turtles enjoy swimming in warm water. They prefer it to be at least 75 degrees, but they tolerate water as chilly as 50. And when the temperatures drop, as they did across the ...

JUNO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Two dozen Kemp’s ridley sea turtles are rehabilitating in Florida after the frigid waters off of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, left them struggling with frostbite, pneumonia and ...

Newly hatchedsea turtles were found slaughtered on a North Florida beach, and evidence points to a stray pet, investigators say. “Twenty-three sea turtle hatchlings ... found dead near Second Street ...