Sea turtles are protected under the Endangered Species Act of 1972 and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has further protections in place. In southwest Florida, sea turtle ...

FOLLY BEACH, S.C. (WCBD) – Some members of the Folly Beach Turtle Watch Program caught a rare sighting at the end of the Folly Beach Pier. The program is used to dealing with loggerheads and green sea ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — The South Carolina Aquarium played a role in helping the Association of Zoos and Aquariums select recipients for its new SAFE Granting Program, which will provide about ...

Florida's Python Elimination Program pays certified hunters to remove the invasive snakes from the Everglades. Burmese pythons have caused a severe decline in native small mammal populations in South ...

Freshwater extinctions rarely happen overnight, especially in a habitat as large as the Yangtze River. However, it’s still possible for a species to dwindle, and dwindle enough so that only a few ...

The V.I. National Park Sea Turtle Program, run by Friends of Virgin Islands National Park, has been cataloging underwater photographs of sea turtles, and a paper on their research has been published ...

Loggerhead turtles accounted for the vast majority of nests, with 5,384 recorded. A record number of sea turtle disorientations, 716 instances, were also documented this year. Experts advise beach ...

As recently as August 2024, researchers in Greece documented the non-native Chinese stripe‑necked turtle (Mauremys sinensis) on the island of Lesbos during fieldwork, finding three adults co-occurring ...

The Sea Turtle Hospital at the UF Whitney Laboratory in St. Augustine is launching its Adopt a Washback Sea Turtle program this month. The program runs Oct. 21-31. Those symbolically adopting one of ...

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 ...

JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. — Hurricane Erin's swells are battering the First Coast, with high tides pushing much higher than normal. The head of the sea turtle program at Jacksonville University says ...

OAK ISLAND, NC (WWAY) — Lots of sea turtles are emerging from the sand at Oak Island. This video from the Oak Island Sea Turtle Protection Program shows groups of hatchlings making their way to the ...