The Flagler Beach project to build a new concrete pier to replace the city's battered wooden pier was stopped due to a second turtle nest.

Spotted turtles housed at the Stark Parks Wildlife Conservation Center are sick with an emerging disease. A research team led by Wild4Ever founder Dr. Gary Riggs hopes to find a cure.

Sentara Albemarle Medical Center is helping two sea turtles from the Outer Banks in need of care. One is a 150-pound female loggerhead that had a head injury, and the other is a small Kemp's ridley.

According to the zoo, the turtles were on the verge of completely dying out in Washington two decades ago, with fewer than 100 of them left in the state. Since then, more than 1,600 zoo-head ...