Each year, threatened sea turtle mothers return to Fort Myers Beach out of natural maternal instinct to crawl onto the beach ...

From May 1 through Aug. 31, sea turtles like the endangered Kemp’s ridley, loggerheads and green sea turtles return to ...

After two below average years, sea turtle enthusiasts eagerly await the island’s first sea turtle nest of 2024.

Researchers expect 2025 to be another year for major seaweed blooms in the Atlantic Basin, but it’s hard to predict which beaches will be inundated.

This area contains portions of Sarasota and Manatee counties and hosts the highest density of loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) nests in the Gulf of Mexico. The program supports conservation of ...

Clearwater Marine Aquarium (CMA) has started sea turtle nesting patrol early this year. Florida Fish and Wildlife guided the ...

The Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation’s (SCCF) daily morning sea turtle monitoring surveys began on April 15. It ...

While Florida might see blooms of seaweed this season, that doesn’t mean all beaches will be full of it through October. The sargassum will show up on beaches in clumps when the tide is high and the ...

Leatherback sea turtles are the giants of the sea turtle world and grow to the size of small car. They rarely nest on ...

Mote's monitoring program has shown rising nest numbers in recent years, including nearly 4,400 in 2024 from Longboat Key to ...

Mote Marine Laboratory's Sea Turtle Conservation and Research Program (STCRP) documented the first local turtle activity of ...

Having evaluated 48 populations of six sea turtle species around the world, and examining the state of their habitats, ...