Sea turtle season doesn't start until May 1, but a female leatherback crawled onto Vanderbilt Beach and laid a nest, the first historic account of this massive species laying eggs on this beach.

Volunteers found the earliest discovered nest in Perdido Key on Mother's Day, now they're working to prepare the community ...

Sea turtle nesting season is from May 1st through October 31st. Clearwater city ordinances help regulate beachfront lighting.

Sea turtle nesting season kicked off on the islands last month, with nests already popping up. April 15 marked the first day ...

The first sea turtle nest of the season was found, belonging to a leatherback, the largest sea turtle species in the world. This is the first time a leatherback has nested on this beach.

While all other sea turtles have hard ... that only about one in a thousand leatherback hatchlings survive to adulthood. Eggs are often taken by humans from nests to be consumed for subsistence ...

PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. - Sea turtle nesting season has officially commenced in Pinellas County, beginning May 1 and extending through October 31. As these protected marine animals come ashore to lay ...

Loggerheads are one of four sea turtle species in our area and they account for 90% of the nests laid in Escambia County. The other three species are green, leatherback and Kemp’s Ridley turtles.