This isn’t a sea turtle versus coyote issue.' Sanibel's dilemma: Coyotes destroy huge numbers of nests. Should they be shot?

It is illegal to touch, disturb, or harass sea turtles, their hatchlings, or their nests under state and federal law. If you ...

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

Florida sea turtle nesting season generally starts about March 1 and ends about Nov. 15, but at least four leatherbacks are off to an early start laying eggs along the Treasure Coast. They laid them ...

Southwest Florida is experiencing a successful sea turtle nesting season, with numbers surpassing previous years. Collier County beaches have recorded 2,161 nests, a significant increase from the ...

There are seven species of sea turtle alive today, and they are found in oceans all over the world except the Arctic. Many of them travel thousands of miles between the areas where they forage for ...

A Treasure Coast beach that's badly eroded is getting new sand, but the project coincides with sea turtle nesting season.

As of June 13, nearly 940 sea turtle nests had been identified along Georgia’s coast. One egg from each of those nests has been split open and emptied into a test tube. Don’t fret. Each nest’s clutch ...

EMERALD ISLE, N.C. (WNCT) — The first sea turtle nest was found in Emerald Isle Monday, May 19, 2025. Tracks were found by Emerald Isle Sea Turtle Patrol volunteer walker Kelly Newton. The eggs were ...

As Hurricane Erin churned off the North Carolina coast this week, its powerful waves destroyed most of the remaining sea turtle nests on Emerald Isle, dealing a blow to what had been shaping up as a ...

South Carolina United Turtle Enthusiasts have volunteers walk beaches to look for turtle nesting and crawls. Nesting season begins May 1.