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

Loggerhead sea turtles often nest at night and tend to “go into a trance-like state,” experts say. As a result, they can lose their way or get disoriented when encountering lights. US Coast Guard ...

From fragile barrier islands to bustling beaches, these ancient mariners face threats from predators, development, plastics, and fishing gear, yet their story is also one of resilience. All sea turtle ...

Good Samaritans rescued a distressed loggerhead sea turtle last Saturday after noticing the animal was stuck in a crab trap. While out on a boat off the coast of Miami, the bystanders called law ...

JUNO BEACH — This sea-turtle nesting season was anything but ordinary, with turtles laying a record 25,025 nests on a 9.5-mile stretch of beach in Juno Beach, Jupiter and Tequesta from March to ...

A beachgoer enjoying a Florida sunrise stumbled upon a “giant” sea creature hidden among rocks, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says. It was identified as a loggerhead sea turtle ...

COMPETITION. WELL, SO FAR THIS YEAR, LOGGERHEAD MARINELIFE CENTER HAS REHABILITATED AND RELEASED 97 JUVENILES TO ADULT SEA TURTLES, AND MORE THAN A THOUSAND AND 183 HATCHLINGS AND WASH BACKS. FIRST ...

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 in ...

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist's weekly newsletter. In the middle of a steamy July night on the Wassaw Island beach, near Savannah, Georgia, volunteer Gabi Steinbach ...

ALBEMARLE BEACH, N.C. — When most patients arrive at Sentara Albemarle Medical Center on the Outer Banks, they walk through the front doors. But on Thursday, two very special patients with protective ...