A live-streaming, high-definition "turtle webcam" positioned on a beach in the Florida Keys has recorded the hatch of about 100 baby loggerhead sea turtles. The webcam has been focused on the nest in ...

BOCA RATON, FL — One of South Florida’s most magical wildlife moments is unfolding on local beaches: baby sea turtles are hatching and making their journey to the ocean. Gumbo Limbo Nature Center ...

Earliest nest recorded by Loggerhead Marinelife Center this season ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Watch sea turtle hatchlings head for the ocean in St. Johns County, Florida. New movies to watch this weekend: See 'Mercy' in ...

Sargassum seaweed mats both help and hinder Florida sea turtle hatchlings. Sargassum seaweed washing up on Florida’s shores in record amounts is becoming a serious threat to vulnerable sea turtle ...

A stray dog massacred 23 newly hatched sea turtles on a North Florida beach just hours after the babies emerged from their nests, sparking calls for locals to leash their pets. The tiny carcasses were ...

ATLANTIC BEACH, Fla. — It’s officially hatching season for sea turtles up and down Florida’s Atlantic coast and the risks for hatchlings are high. “There’s several challenges,” Kevin Brown with ...

In August 2024, sea turtles were on track to shatter records for nesting season across Florida’s Atlantic and Gulf coasts. Local experts even expected 2024 to surpass 2023, when 200,000 nests were ...

Indian River County has had a record number of green sea turtle nests so far this nesting season, county officials reported Thursday. The 4,515 nests surpassed the previous record of 4,105 in 2023, ...

FORT MYERS, FL -- Sea turtles in Florida are emerging from their nests and heading to the ocean. Sanibel Captiva Conservation Foundation, which is one of the longest running sea turtle conservancy ...

SATELLITE Beach, Fla. – Volunteers with the Sea Turtle Preservation Society (STPS) are working tirelessly to rescue sea turtle hatchlings trapped in thick sargassum seaweed pushed ashore by rough ...