There are five species of marine turtles in Florida: loggerhead, green, leatherback, Kemp's Ridley and hawksbill.

March is the official start of nesting season for sea turtles in the Sunshine State and, as a protected species, there are a ...

Between now and the end of October, thousands of sea turtles will return to the area where they were born to lay nests of ...

Cheers rose from a bundled-up crowd as a loggerhead sea turtle that survived a likely shark attack trundled back into the ocean after months of rehabilitation in Florida, carrying a satellite tracker ...

“It’s definitely always very gratifying to see these animals go back into their ocean home,” said Dr. Heather Barron with the Loggerhead Marinelife Center Loggerhead Marinelife Center/Facebook The ...

The Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach, Fla., announced that it released a loggerhead sea turtle named Pyari, who lost a left fin, into the ocean Experts said they believe she had an encounter ...

JUNO BEACH, Fla. — It was a chilly day on Florida’s east coast, but the sight of a loggerhead sea turtle with only three flippers swimming into the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday was warmly received by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A loggerhead sea turtle has returned to the Atlantic Ocean after rehabilitation at a Florida turtle hospital. The turtle, named ...