"Many suffer limb loss or systemic infection.” Researchers make disturbing discovery after studying sea turtles: 'Unable to ...

Loggerhead sea turtles are in the midst of their nesting season on Lowcountry beaches. However, with crowds expected July ...

Sea turtles lay eggs on sandy beaches, but many of them never hatch. The incubating creatures may be killed by microbes, dug up by wild dogs, or exposed by other turtles scraping out new nests.

By the numbers: Sea Turtles June 14-20, 2025 Nests this week: 63 (60 loggerheads, 3 greens) False Crawls this week: 155 (143 loggerheads, 12 greens) 2025 Total Nests: 272 (267 loggerheads, 5 greens) ...

A green turtle carcass was found floating off Pantai Dalam, Pulau Redang on Friday (June 20) during a conservation programme by the Universiti Malaysia Terengganu. Read more at https://tinyurl.com ...

Sea spiders have been observed in these chemosynthetic oases in mysterious abundance. Conventional feeding modes, such as predation or filter feeding, could not explain their numbers.

The Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation (SCCF) reported that it recently documented its sixth green sea turtle nest on the islands — laid by “Holly,” a green turtle tagged in 2019. Holly has a ...

On June 16 — World Sea Turtle Day — the Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife (CROW) officially broke ground on its Harkey Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Complex at its campus on Sanibel. A ceremony ...

OCEAN CITY, Md. — On Thursday, team members from the National Aquarium released two rehabilitated sea turtles into the ocean at Ocean City. Video credit: National Aquarium Mothman and Icky, the two ...

Statewide, about 110,000 loggerhead turtle nests were reported in 2024, as well as 14,000 for green turtles and 1,800 leatherbacks, who live their lives at sea or in estuaries except during nesting.

Turtles typically lay their eggs about a foot below the surface of the sand somewhere about halfway between the beach’s shoreline and the dunes, according to Loggerhead researcher Sarah Hirsch.

The SCCF recently documented the sixth green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) nest on the islands — laid by Holly, a green turtle SCCF tagged in 2019. Holly has a history of nesting in the daylight near ...