The beach is not a petting zoo. It's illegal to touch baby sea turtles

It is illegal to touch, disturb, or harass sea turtles, their hatchlings, or their nests under state and federal law. If you find a sea turtle in distress, contact the Florida Fish and Wildlife ...

What you need to know as Florida's sea turtle nesting season kicks off

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

Loggerhead sea turtle nests marked on Holden Beach by Turtle Patrol

HOLDEN BEACH, N.C. (WECT) - The Holden Beach Turtle Patrol has announced that sea turtles are back at the beach. Two Loggerhead sea turtle nests were spotted on May 22 and two more nests were laid out ...

Florida sea turtle nesting, what to know, how to help, what's illegal

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

A record year for sea turtles? Early nesting has Loggerhead Marinelife Center thinking big

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 ...
Post and Courier

Once gravely injured, Mama Pritchard returns again and again to lay eggs on a Lowcountry beach

BEAUFORT — Some 17 years after she suffered grievous wounds from a pair of boat strikes, a loggerhead turtle known as Mama Pritchard is still making little sea turtles. Genetic testing has confirmed ...
Palm Beach Post

It's turtle walk season: How you can see them lay their nests at north county beaches.

Every summer, as the sun sets over the shores of Palm Beach County, one of nature’s most awe-inspiring spectacles quietly unfolds in the sand. Sea turtles — greens, leatherbacks and loggerheads — ...
EurekAlert!

Drones map loggerhead sea turtle nesting site hotspots

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 ...
First Coast News

Webcam monitors loggerhead sea turtle nest

BIG PINE KEY, Fla. (AP) - A live-streaming webcam is focused on a loggerhead sea turtle nest on a Florida Keys beach. The high-definition camera, which went online Friday evening, offers daytime ...
WPBF

Earliest nest recorded by Loggerhead Marinelife Center this season

HIGHS IN THE LOW 80S. WELL, THIS MORNING THE LOGGERHEAD MARINE LIFE CENTER DOCUMENTED THE EARLIEST SEA TURTLE NESTS EVER RECORDED. THE LOGGERHEAD MARINELIFE CENTER MONITORS AN EIGHT AND A HALF MILE ...
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‘A real privilege’: South Carolina United Turtle Enthusiasts move largest loggerhead turtle nest in Pawleys Island

PAWLEYS ISLAND, S.C. (WBTW) — South Carolina United Turtle Enthusiasts (SCUTE) volunteers moved 160 loggerhead turtle eggs in Pawleys Island in Thursday morning. SCUTE head Rick Scott said it was the ...