Green sea turtles are adjusting their nesting habits in response to rising global temperatures. Individual females are laying their eggs earlier in the season to cope with warmer conditions, ...

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) — South Carolina’s loggerhead sea turtles are swimming to the Grand Strand’s shores, laying their eggs near the sand dunes, and watching their hatchlings start their lives.

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 ...

Every summer, as the sun sets over the shores of Palm Beach County, one of nature’s most awe-inspiring spectacles quietly unfolds in the sand. Sea turtles — greens, leatherbacks and loggerheads — ...

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, ...

FLAGLER BEACH — Lori Ottlein likes turtles. She already had a couple of pet turtles, known as cooters, named Sam and Ella, when one day, more than two decades ago, she saw some people on the beach ...

Florida’s 2023 turtle nesting season, which runs from March through October, is only halfway through and has already reached record-breaking numbers for sea turtle nests in Palm Beach County and at ...

The first sea turtle nest of the season was named Wednesday in honor of recently deceased Hilton Head hotel manager Jay Wiendl. Sea Turtle Patrol Hilton Head Hilton Head’s sea turtle moms have done ...

FERNANDINA BEACH, Fla. – We had a really special moment on The Morning Show today. Dozens of sea turtle hatchlings in Fernandina Beach decided to make their way to the ocean as our cameras were ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The leatherback sea turtle offers a rare look into ...