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 ...

Volunteers with Escambia County Sea Turtle Patrol found the first nest of the 2025 season, a loggerhead turtle nest, early on March 11 Volunteers and staff check recorded nests daily to monitor for ...

Loggerhead Marinelife Center has documented the earliest sea turtle nest ever recorded in its monitoring history, signaling an early start to what researchers expect will be another busy nesting ...

ONSLOW COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) - As beach and turtle season begin, many people may start to see turtle nests. The state’s first known nest was just spotted in North Topsail Beach in Onslow County. A ...

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 ...

The first sea turtle has nested in Alabama for the year. Yesterday, Alabama Coastal Foundation—a nonprofit that works to protect sea turtles in the state—was alerted to a nest on Fort Morgan, laid by ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — The S.C. Dept. of Natural Resources on Friday said the earliest sea turtle nest ever recorded along the South Carolina coast has been found on Kiawah Island. A loggerhead sea ...

Scientists studying the world’s largest river turtles, a South American species that grows to a length of nearly a meter, or 3 feet, have found the largest nesting aggregation ever recorded. Using ...