Georgia’s nesting season for loggerhead sea turtles began with a first nest discovery on Jekyll Island. Also report any dead or injured sea turtles seen at 800-272-8363. If the turtle is tagged, ...

A loggerhead sea turtle named Atlas, fitted with a satellite tracking device on the Turkish coast, has covered nearly 5,000 ...

MANTEO, N.C. (AP) — The National Park Service says it is investigating after a nesting loggerhead sea turtle was found dead on the Cape Hatteras National Seashore beach. NPS officials said they ...

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 — ...

JUNO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A massive loggerhead sea turtle hit by a boat off Florida’s Atlantic coast arrived at a turtle hospital needing medical care, but at 302 pounds (137 kilograms), Pennywise was ...

WE SHOULD BE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. SPEAKING OF THIS TIME OF YEAR, LOOKS LIKE SEA TURTLE NESTING SEASON STARTING A LITTLE BIT EARLIER. HERE’S CERTIFIED FIRST WARNING METEOROLOGIST BROOKE SILVERING TO ...

HOLDEN BEACH, N.C. (WECT) - The Holden Beach Turtle Patrol has announced that sea turtles are back at the beach. Two Loggerhead sea turtle nests were spotted on May 22 and two more nests were laid out ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The first loggerhead sea turtle nest was spotted on Anna Maria Island over the weekend. The Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch said it has been patrolling the beach since April 15 to ...

Florida’s beaches – particularly those in Palm Beach County – are among the world’s most vital nesting grounds for loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta), accounting for 90% of all loggerhead nests ...

Pennywise, a 300-pound adult loggerhead sea turtle, was found stranded off the coast of Port St. Lucie and is currently being cared for at the Loggerhead Marinelife Center. The sea turtle was ...

BOCA RATON, FL— New research on Florida's vital nesting beaches suggests that the slope of the sand and the placement of man-made structures may be more important to a loggerhead sea turtle's nesting ...