TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The first loggerhead sea turtle nest was spotted on Anna Maria Island over the weekend. The Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch said it has been patrolling the beach since April 15 to ...
Florida's beaches—particularly those in Palm Beach County—are among the world's most vital nesting grounds for loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta), accounting for 90% of all loggerhead nests in ...
It could have been one of the great nesting years on Fort Myers Beach for loggerhead sea turtles. Unfortunately, a mixture of ...
WE SHOULD BE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. SPEAKING OF THIS TIME OF YEAR, LOOKS LIKE SEA TURTLE NESTING SEASON STARTING A LITTLE BIT EARLIER. HERE’S CERTIFIED FIRST WARNING METEOROLOGIST BROOKE SILVERING TO ...
Every summer, as the sun sets over the shores of Palm Beach County, one of nature’s most awe-inspiring spectacles quietly unfolds in the sand. Sea turtles — greens, leatherbacks and loggerheads — ...
JEKYLL ISLAND, GA — Loggerhead sea turtles are already making their way ashore along Georgia’s coast to begin the annual nesting season, with the first nest of the year discovered on May 1st at Jekyll ...
HOLDEN BEACH, N.C. (WECT) - The Holden Beach Turtle Patrol has announced that sea turtles are back at the beach. Two Loggerhead sea turtle nests were spotted on May 22 and two more nests were laid out ...
BOCA RATON, FL— New research on Florida's vital nesting beaches suggests that the slope of the sand and the placement of man-made structures may be more important to a loggerhead sea turtle's nesting ...
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 302 pounds (137 kilograms), Pennywise was ...