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 ...

FOLLY BEACH, S.C. (WCSC) - South Carolina’s first sea turtle nest in 2025 has officially been spotted on Folly Beach. The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources confirmed the nest was found by ...

Since 2020, nesting activity by Hawaiian green sea turtles has increased annually across the islands, providing a hopeful ...

Hilton Head Island has final numbers for sea turtle nests in 2025. They’re up from 2024, but not nearly as much as expected.

TYBEE ISLAND, Ga. (WSAV) — It’s that time of year again along the Georgia Coast – sea turtle nesting season is officially underway. Thousands of visitors flock to Tybee Island and Georgia’s Coasts ...

By Shanna Hanbury Scientists studying the world’s largest river turtles, a South American species that grows to a length of ...

Sea turtles return to the same nesting sites year after year to grow their populations, but rising global temperatures have disrupted this ancient cycle. New research has found that two sea turtle ...

A cold snap, Hurricane Erin and intense rainstorms in Hilton Head led to a smaller number of successful nests than expected.

PENNSYLVANIA, USA — Just last week, a students at a Lancaster preschool got an unexpected visitor for World Turtle Day: a large snapping turtle in the parking lot! Experts with Forgotten Friend ...

Most of those nests were found at Padre Island National Seashore (PINS), long considered the epicenter of Kemp's ridley nesting in the United States. The milestone comes despite challenges, including ...

Each year during the spring and early summer, small turtles nestled below the ripples of Audubon Park Lagoon begin courting, mating and, eventually, nesting. Once their courtship is over, female ...

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 ...