With hatchlings facing a tough journey back to the water, only 1 in every 100 makes it from the nest to the ocean.

Sea Turtle Patrol has found 318 turtle nests already this year, and nesting season runs through August ...

HILTON HEAD ISLAND — To spend the morning with the Sea Turtle Patrol is to undergo a master class not only in reptile habits, but in vocabulary. What the patrol is looking for is a body pit, said ...

Veterinarians in the Florida Keys did all they could to save a loggerhead sea turtle found last week with a spear through its head. But by Saturday, they made the difficult decision to euthanize the ...

After months of arduous work and endless nurturing, Hilton Head Island’s most beloved visitors are almost on their way out. Sea turtle season — a six-month stretch where some volunteers give up their ...

BEAUFORT — While there are still little sea turtles patiently waiting in their eggs for the signal to emerge from the sand and dash for the waves, the nesting season for mother turtles has drawn to a ...

The first sea turtle nest of the season was named Wednesday in honor of recently deceased Hilton Head hotel manager Jay Wiendl. Sea Turtle Patrol Hilton Head An expectant mother set her flippers on a ...

A Turtle Hospital staffer observes Aubie, a loggerhead turtle that was found Thursday, Oct. 17, 2023, in distress at a Florida Keys resort with a spear through its head. The Turtle Hospital ...