Turtles Outlasted Dinosaurs But May Not Survive Us

May 23rd is World Turtle Day. It’s the perfect time to celebrate what makes these creatures so amazing and focus on what you can do to protect them. Turtles Coexisted with Dinosaurs The first turtles ...
The Virginian-Pilot

First sea turtle nest of the season found on Outer Banks’ Hatteras Island

FRISCO — A loggerhead nest found near Frisco on Hatteras Island on Saturday marks the first recorded sea turtle nest of the year on the Outer Banks. Cape Hatteras National Seashore posted on social ...
Sarasota Magazine

The First Sea Turtle Nests of 2024 Have Arrived

Mote Marine Laboratory’s Sea Turtle Conservation and Research Program (STCRP) documented the first local sea turtle nest of the 2024 nesting season on Sunday, April 28, on Venice Beach in South ...
WTSP

First sea turtle nest found in Pinellas County

PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — Clearwater Marine Aquarium reported the first sea turtle nest of the season has been found on Pinellas County beaches. The find comes days after the sea turtle nesting season ...
abcnews4

First sea turtle hatchlings emerge on Edisto Island, marking start of loggerhead season

EDISTO BEACH, S.C. (WCIV) — The first sea turtle hatchlings of the year have made their debut on Edisto Island over the weekend, marking the beginning of a season where hundreds of thousands of young ...
Messenger-Inquirer

It’s World Turtle Day and the News Is Actually Good

For 43 years, the green sea turtle carried one of conservation's heaviest labels: endangered. Poaching gutted nesting ...