Massive waves churned up by hurricanes Humberto and Imelda in the Atlantic are crashing onshore along the Florida coast, and that’s causing major issues for baby sea turtles. The conditions are so bad ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Turtle nesting season is coming to an end, and Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch said 2025 was a record-breaking year for green sea turtle nests on the island. Loggerhead turtles are ...

A green sea turtle named Dellora laid the first documented green sea turtle nest of the season on Sanibel Island. Green sea turtles are less common than loggerheads in the area. Dellora, originally ...

Mote Marine Laboratory’s Sea Turtle Conservation and Research Program (STCRP) has documented the first local sea turtle ...

The Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas), an essential species in marine ecosystems, has experienced a significant recovery in its population in recent decades. According to the International Union for ...

1 in 1,000 turtle hatchlings are expected to survive after they're born. Sea turtles lay about 80 to 120 eggs. There are five Florida sea turtle species: Hawksbill, Kemp's ridley, Loggerhead, ...

Conservation groups in Mexico's Yucatan peninsula are working with tourism operators to educate tourists and protect nesting areas of critically endangered sea turtles. Over the last 200 years, the ...

In the shallow turquoise waters off the island of Providenciales in Turks and Caicos—a British overseas territory south of the Bahamas—large adult green sea turtles rest on the sandy seafloor, grazing ...

A new resident is calling the Aquarium of the Pacific’s sea turtle rehabilitation area home. Meatloaf, a nearly 250-pound green sea turtle going through rehabilitation at the Long Beach aquarium, is ...