As sea turtle nesting season begins, Palm Beach oceanfront properties must shield or position their lights so their can't be ...

Crews are working 24-7 with bulldozers, dump trucks and bright lights on portable towers during sea turtle nesting season.

March is the official start of nesting season for sea turtles in the Sunshine State and, as a protected species, there are a ...

It is illegal to touch, disturb, or harass sea turtles, their hatchlings, or their nests under state and federal law. If you ...

Florida sea turtle nesting season generally starts about March 1 and ends about Nov. 15, but at least four leatherbacks are off to an early start laying eggs along the Treasure Coast. They laid them ...

There are five species of marine turtles in Florida: loggerhead, green, leatherback, Kemp's Ridley and hawksbill.

Leatherback turtles are expected to have another high nesting season, setting a record for the earliest nest recorded in Florida on Feb. 16. While sea turtle population numbers seem to be steadying as ...

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 ...

It’s sea turtle nesting season and Action News Jax and The Friends of the GTM Reserve are teaming up to support the Adopt a Nest program at the GTM Research Reserve. The Adopt a Nest program lets you ...

Sea turtle nesting season has begun in Florida. Learn what to do and what not to do if you encounter a sea turtle or nest.

A remote island in the southern Great Barrier Reef Marine Park that supports thousands of seabirds and nesting turtles has been declared rat-free ...