Florida sea turtle nesting season generally starts about March 1 and ends about Nov. 15, but at least four leatherbacks are ...

Loggerhead Marinelife Center has documented the earliest sea turtle nest ever recorded in its monitoring history.

A new scientific study has found that large-scale beach nourishment was associated with significant changes in sea turtle nesting behavior.

A new 17-year study of loggerhead sea turtles nesting in Cabo Verde shows climate change having impacts that may threaten their long term survival. Researchers from Queen Mary University of London and ...

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 ...

Kickoff sea turtle nesting season at the 21st annual Turtlefest ...

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 ...

Climate change is reshaping life on Earth at an unprecedented pace. Across the globe, species are shifting their ranges, altering migration routes and breeding earlier in the year in response to ...

BIG PINE KEY, Fla. (AP) - A live-streaming webcam is focused on a loggerhead sea turtle nest on a Florida Keys beach. The high-definition camera, which went online Friday evening, offers daytime ...

Each day from May through August, volunteers walk and survey the 26 miles of coastline on North Carolina’s Topsail Island looking for the tell-tale tracks of sea turtles coming onto the beach. The ...

As Hurricane Erin pelted North Carolina’s barrier islands with strong winds and waves this week, it destroyed many nests of threatened sea turtles, burying the eggs deep in sand or washing them out to ...

Volunteers from the Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center search for sea turtle nests and to relocate turtles on Topsail Island, N.C., after Hurricane Erin battered the barrier ...