HILTON HEAD ISLAND — To spend the morning with the Sea Turtle Patrol is to undergo a master class not only in reptile habits, but in vocabulary.

It all started with an alligator named Al. Twenty years ago, a wooden box with a 12-pound American alligator inside was left on the doorstep of the Animal Kingdom Veterinary Hospital near Ann Arbor.

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (WTVD) -- Town officials on Hilton Head Island tweeted about some exciting news Thursday: the hatching of several critically endangered sea turtles.

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.

As of Monday morning, there were a total of 463 nests on Hilton Head. That’s already a lot of turtles, and even more when you realize each nest has 100 babies. Turtles are still nesting now and babies ...

Hilton Head Island is not the only beach town in South Carolina where hatchlings are having a hard time this year. Other beaches, including Edisto Beach, are experiencing an increase in ...

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.