As temperatures rise, the turtle nesting season is beginning. There are several hundred species of turtles, but many of them ...

Twice a year, turtles travel up to a mile as they nest and then hatch, crossing roads, yards, and even construction sites.

These slow-moving reptiles may need a little help during crossing season, but knowing the right way to intervene is imperative to their well-being.

Mote Marine Laboratory's Sea Turtle Conservation and Research Program (STCRP) documented the first local turtle activity of the 2025 season on Saturday, April 26. The STCRP team reported one ...

Each year during the spring and early summer, small turtles nestled below the ripples of Audubon Park Lagoon begin courting, mating and, eventually, nesting. Once their courtship is over, female ...

Sea turtle nesting season is off to a record start in Volusia County, with more than 700 nests counted so far and about five months still remaining in the season.

Leatherback turtles are expected to have another high nesting season, setting a record for the earliest nest recorded in Florida on Feb. 16. While sea turtle population numbers seem to be steadying as ...

Rare sea turtle seen nesting in Florida for first time ever. 5 reasons species' range may be expanding beyond Brazil, ...

Two loggerheads have become the first turtles to be tagged as part of a new tracking programme by the Department of ...