Sea turtle trafficking is difficult to trace because eggs, shells, meat, and other products can move far from the nesting ...
Sea turtle hatchlings making their way to the sea - Kalana Maleesha/Shutterstock Growing up in South Florida, turtle nesting season had an understated excitement that felt palpable. From Fort ...
Florida's beaches—particularly those in Palm Beach County—are among the world's most vital nesting grounds for loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta), accounting for 90% of all loggerhead nests in ...
Mote Marine Laboratory's Sea Turtle Conservation and Research Program (STCRP) documented the first local turtle activity of the 2025 season on Saturday, April 26. The STCRP team reported one ...
Learn how to help protect sea turtles during their most vulnerable months.
Florida Fish and Wildlife sea-turtle nesting season. (Florida Fish and Wildlife, Copyright 2026 by WJXT News4JAX - All rights reserved.) FLORIDA – The Florida Fish ...
Sea turtle nesting season in Florida runs from March through October, with peak activity between May and September. Loggerhead, green, and leatherback turtles are the three species most commonly found ...