Loggerhead turtles accounted for the vast majority of nests, with 5,384 recorded. A record number of sea turtle disorientations, 716 instances, were also documented this year. Experts advise beach ...

It has been a record year for the sea turtle nesting season in Florida. Turtles are once again proving that slow and steady wins the race. Decades after initiating protections for the turtles that ...

South Carolina’s sea turtle hatching numbers were lower for the second year in a row, but that’s no reason to panic, turtle experts say. Preliminary numbers, according to the South Carolina Department ...

Since opening in December 2020, the center has rescued over 275 sea turtles and that number is only expected to grow (stranded sea turtles can be helped by calling the hotline at1-866-887-8535).

Indian River County sets record number of green turtle nests. 4,515 green turtle nest counted. 50% increase in green turtles recorded in July. Indian River County has had a record number of green sea ...

VELAS, India — Little kids giddily squeal as a baby sea turtle, flippers flapping, lurches toward the water with the grace of a drunk lunging for a cab at closing time. Tourists applaud as about a ...

The Southern River Terrapin (Batagur affinis), or more colloquially known as the Royal Turtle, is currently recognized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as critically ...

When animal rescuers and volunteers arrived at Cape Cod beaches during a three-day span this week, they were expecting to find some cold, stranded turtles — but not more than 220 of them. From ...