All sea turtles are in real trouble, but by far the worst off are Kemp's Ridley turtles, the most critically-endangered sea turtle in the world. Since the 1970s they've been washing ashore, about ...

Family members shared images with CBS12 News of Akeelah Dixon as murder trial for accused killer DeShawn Clark was set to begin in a Vero Beach courtroom. Clark was convicted of murder on Thursday ...

By CODY JACKSON and FREIDA FRISARO JUNO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A massive loggerhead sea turtle hit by a boat off Florida’s Atlantic coast arrived at a turtle hospital needing medical care, but at ...

Researchers used heat-detecting cameras mounted on drones to monitor sea turtle nesting on a beach in Costa Rica’s Osa Peninsula. Using thermal infrared imagery, researchers detected 20% more ...

Statewide, about 110,000 loggerhead turtle nests were reported in 2024, as well as 14,000 for green turtles and 1,800 leatherbacks, who live their lives at sea or in estuaries except during nesting.

Sea turtle remains have been found from the Cretaceous period – also known as the Age of the Dinosaurs. That was about 120 million years ago. Sea turtles love eating jellyfish and crab.

Dr. Heather Barron shows a CT scan of a sea turtle who was struck by a boat, at the Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach, Fla., Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Cody Jackson) ...