WEBVTT 4-POINT-2 PERCENT.THE SEA TURTLE NICKNAMED"BIG MAMA" HAS BEEN RELEASEDBACK INTO THE OCEAN THE352 POUND LOGGERHEAD SEATURTLE WAS FOUND LAST WEEK ATTHE ST. LUCIE POWER PLANTINTAKE CANAL. SHE ...

It’s not every day you get to watch a mama sea turtle lay her eggs. Loggerhead sea turtles typically lay their eggs at night, but one lucky group in Edisto Beach, South Carolina, happened to be ...

Beaufort County’s favorite visitors are only days away from arriving. And if Amber Kuehn, a marine biologist and director of Hilton Head Island’s Sea Turtle Patrol, has her prediction right ...

If all goes well for the mama sea turtle, she will stay on the beach long enough to dig a 20 inch deep nest using only her back flippers, then deposit on average about 110 eggs, cover them up well ...

Be alert whenever you walk, swim or drive a jet ski around All Hands Beach Resort in Zambales,” warns my brother Mark. “There have been regular sightings here of pregnant giant mother turtles.

Making the sand fluffy doesn’t just help the mama turtles, said Theresa Arenholz, director of Sea Turtle Trackers Inc. “It makes it easier for the hatchlings too,” she said. Craig Pittman ...

Sea turtle monitors rescue 300-pound loggerhead caught in rocks near Palm Beach Country Club in Florida on June 24, 2024. Video by Dragana Connaughton ...

TYBEE ISLAND, Ga. (WTOC) - It’s May which means the start of sea turtle nesting season here in the southeast. It’s the time of year where sea turtles make their way to our beaches to lay their nests.

After spending four months recovering from a shark attack, the hefty 260-pound mama loggerhead sea turtle that was found stranded off Hunting Island has been released back into the ocean.

Big Mama, a loggerhead turtle appropriately named for her size, was discovered Monday at the St. Lucie Power Plant Intake Canal … Biologists were in for a big surprise: a 352-pound one, to be exact.

She's being called "Big Mama." A Florida wildlife center is caring for the biggest sea turtle they've ever seen. She's being called "Big Mama." Skip to content. NOWCAST WPBF 25 News at Noon.