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As sea turtle nesting season starts to heat up, any turtle mamas that make the trek up the Pritchards Island beach may encounter some extra obstacles. The rapidly eroding island owned by the ...
GULF SHORES, Ala. (WALA) - Sea turtle nesting season is underway and it is important to pay attention when visiting local beaches. Beachgoers should use a red filter when using flash photography ...
ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. -- Thursday marks the beginning of sea turtle nesting season in Escambia County. Once the sun rose, volunteers with the Escambia County Sea Turtle Conservation Program went ...
Sea turtle season in Volusia County officially kicked off Thursday, and county officials say three sea turtle nests are already incubating on beaches. According to the county, the first ...
May 1 is the beginning of sea turtle nesting season. Wildlife crews have already spotted some loggerhead sea turtle nests this year. Volunteers are inspecting local beaches every morning ...
FOLLY BEACH, S.C. (WCSC) - Trained volunteers have spotted the season’s first sea turtle nest a few days earlier than normal, the Department of Natural Resources says. The volunteers, with the Folly ...
Sea turtle season doesn't start until May 1, but a female leatherback crawled onto Vanderbilt Beach and laid a nest, the first historic account of this massive species laying eggs on this beach.
Mote Marine Laboratory documented the first turtle nesting activity of the 2025 season on the Sarasota area shoreline on Saturday. Sea Turtle Patrol from Mote’s Sea Turtle Conservation and ...
The Turtle Hospital is a small non-profit organization dedicated to the rehabilitation of endangered sea turtles, the only one of its kind in Florida. Once there, manager Bette Zirkelbach knew ...
For her doctoral research, Martin, a PhD student at the University of Central Florida, has been analyzing sea turtle tears ... under a microscope (shown in images below). Remarkably, those ...
A leatherback sea turtle was spotted on New Smyrna Beach, marking the earliest recorded sea turtle nest on County-managed beaches. Although sea turtle nesting season officially starts on May 1 in ...
NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. — A leatherback sea turtle was spotted on New Smyrna Beach, marking the earliest recorded sea turtle nest on County-managed beaches. Although sea turtle nesting season ...