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 ...

The loggerhead sea turtle taken in by the Birch Aquarium at Scripps. Photo courtesy the aquarium Large-mesh drift gillnet fishing has been temporarily banned in a loggerhead turtle conservation area ...

The first loggerhead sea turtle nest of the season was found on April 6 in Juno Beach, marking the second earliest loggerhead nesting recorded since 1983. Researchers at Loggerhead Marinelife Center ...

How do North Pacific loggerhead sea turtles get from Japan to Baja California? This is an Inside Science story. North Pacific loggerhead sea turtles are extremely sensitive to temperature, which ...

Watch your step on the beaches near Jupiter: Loggerhead Marinelife Center is predicting that 2025 will be a top-three year for sea turtle nestings. So far this season, the nonprofit conservation ...

Learn about the hatching habits of one of oldest creatures on Earth Alan B. Bolten and Blair E. Witherington June 16th is World Sea Turtle Day, which celebrates the creatures and acknowledges the ...

A Lewes nonprofit is asking boaters to report sightings of an injured loggerhead sea turtle in the Indian River Bay. The endangered turtle has noticeable algae, barnacles and a rear shell injury. MERR ...

From fragile barrier islands to bustling beaches, these ancient mariners face threats from predators, development, plastics, and fishing gear, yet their story is also one of resilience. All sea turtle ...

STANFORD, Calif. (KGO) -- An ocean-going research project we told you about last year is suddenly yielding a surprising result. Scientists believe it could signal significant changes ahead for the ...