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Ready to see adorable baby turtles? This week, the Georgia Sea Turtle Center confirmed the first hatchlings. Where? When? How ...
Recent research involving miniature accelerometers has provided new insights into the behavior of baby green sea turtles as they make their way from their nests to the ocean. These tiny creatures ...
A green sea turtle in Florida covers her newly laid eggs with sand. Some researchers have found increases in successful nesting rates this year. Photograph by Rebecca Smith, University of Central ...
Florida wildlife officials plead to keep fireworks and dogs from traumatizing nesting shorebirds and sea turtles ...
On Wednesday, the Georgia Sea Turtle Center reported the state's first hatchlings of the season at their "Nest No. 1" on Jekyll Island with tracks in the sand nearby.
Newly hatched sea turtles ‘swim’ their way out of buried nests into the world 1. When green sea turtles ( Chelonia mydas ) emerge from the egg, they are buried in sand up to a metre deep.
A baby green turtle (left) and a baby loggerhead (right), excavated by conservationists in Florida. Each March, sea turtle nesting season begins with the females’ slow yet determined scooch onto ...
There are five Florida sea turtle species: Hawksbill, Kemp's ridley, Loggerhead, Leatherback and green. For part of the year, the beach becomes home to sea turtles who are in the nesting process.
Experts say that the lights illuminating the exit to the new Buc-ee's in Coastal Georgia could be deadly for sea turtle ...
Beach visitors can call 1-866-TURTLE-5 (1-866-887-8535) to report a nesting sea turtle or emerging turtle hatchling. Anglers can call the same number if they hook a sea turtle while fishing.