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More sea turtles than usual have been found stranded or dead in Brevard County, Florida. The increase in strandings, mostly juvenile green sea turtles, is likely due to prolonged exposure to cold ...
Turtle hospitals and aquariums across the country are caring for sea turtles that stranded on beaches during the winter season, which is now coming to a close amid an uptick in strandings along ...
The Turtle Hospital is a small non-profit organization dedicated to the rehabilitation of endangered sea turtles, the only one of its kind in Florida. Once there, manager Bette Zirkelbach knew ...
Article continues below Last year, 35 sea turtles were found stranded on British shores, up from just 12 in 2022. The saddening increase prompted the creation of the country’s first dedicated ...
Now consider a deadly activity that’s taking place on some of Costa Rica’s wildest beaches. As olive ridley and other species of sea turtles are slowly making their way from the sea onto the sandy ...
April is the start of nesting season for Kemp's ridley sea turtles along the Texas Gulf Coast. Known as the smallest and most critically endangered sea turtle species, biologists urge people to ...
Imagine ourselves as a female marine turtle, coming ashore to nest in the sands that annually welcome us under the protective cloak of darkness. We beach away from the glare of the lights of the ...
GRAND ISLE, La. (WVUE) - Dozens of people gathered on Grand Isle Beach to witness the return of one of the world’s rarest sea turtles to the Gulf of Mexico. Fifteen Kemp’s Ridley sea turtles ...
Nineteen sea turtles that were rehabilitated in Missouri after suffering the effects of cold water temperatures in New England were released Wednesday afternoon into the Atlantic Ocean off of ...
ISLAMORADA, Fla. (WFLA)— A 22-pound loggerhead sea turtle was returned home after being rescued off the Florida Keys. Lenny, the giant sea turtle was found in distress by underwater photographer ...
The Irwin family recently took a boat out to sea so they could release a turtle back into its native waters.