To help regulate their body temperature, turtles will bask on logs, fallen trees, rocks, and other surfaces in the sunlight with their limbs stretched out.

FOX 11's crew spent three hours looking for the elusive snapping turtles, but didn't find any. We did, however, speak with a local librarian who was called into animal rescue duty last Thursday.

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 ...

Sea turtle nesting season officially begins on May 1 and ends Oct. 31. On average, the county gets over 580 nests on the coast. In 2024, turtles made a strong showing with 902 nests counted. Of ...

Nearly 200,000 sea turtles are in the process of laying millions of eggs on Playa Escobilla on Mexico's Pacific coast.

This is the time of year when I start having to leave the house 15 minutes early to get anywhere on time because you never know when you are going to have stop to assist a turtle.

Drivers should look out for turtles crawling across the beach during the day and night. The speed limit at Padre Island National Seashore is 15 miles per hour from mile marker zero through mile 2.5.

Sea turtles are considered one of the oldest living species on Earth, but it’s been a mystery where their babies go after heading out to sea. Known as their “lost years,” the lack of ...