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Texas beaches are seeing a surge in endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtles as nearly 30 post-hatchlings washed up this week.
JEKYLL ISLAND, Ga. (WSAV) — The first sea turtle nest of 2025 in Georgia hatched overnight Tuesday on Jekyll Island. Georgia ...
Audubon says they've rehabbed and released a total of 27 Kemp's ridley turtles so far this year. GALVESTON, Texas — Three sea ...
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation (FWC) has just released its 2025 sticker decals. Every year on July 1, new decals ...
The SCCF recently documented the sixth green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) nest on the islands — laid by Holly, a green turtle SCCF tagged in 2019. Holly has a history of nesting in the daylight near ...
Brisket (L) and Beans (R), the two newest green sea turtles at SEA LIFE Grapevine. SEA LIFE Grapevine welcomed two new residents just in time for World Sea Turtle Day on Monday, June 16.
Bailey has been serving in the field for over 15 years, 9 of them being in Kure Beach. Barbara Smith-Walker and Sonja Bull Green joined us in the WECT studio to talk more about the event. A swim coach ...
OCEAN ISLE BEACH, N.C. (WECT) - A Sea turtle nest set-up has been damaged in Ocean Isle Beach, according to the Ocean Isle Beach Sea Turtle Protection Organization. The organization says the nest was ...
More than 1,500 loggerhead turtle nests have been recorded this season in Antalya, southern Turkey, one of Europe’s most vital nesting habitats for the endangered species. The nests were located on ...
A sea turtle nest on Ocean Isle Beach was damaged overnight according to the Ocean Isle Beach Sea Turtle Protection Organization.
The Navarre Beach Sea Turtle Conservation Center was approved to build a pair of outdoor pavilions NBSTCC saw over 68,000 guests throughout last year, and some of the visitors dealt with heat ...
When I’m on land, I wish I was at sea. Banner image: Fishermen free a sea turtle. Image courtesy of FONDEPES. This story was first published here in Spanish on May 4, 2025.