To report issues with nests or turtles, call the SCCF Sea Turtle Hotline at 978-728-3663. You also can adopt a nesting loggerhead sea turtle this year and get detailed reports about her nests for ...

There are many threats to sea turtles, but most of them come from humans. Dangers may range from getting entangled in fishing gear to losing their habitats from beach erosion and human development.

A green sea turtle is released into the Gulf from aboard the TAMUG’s Research Vessel Trident Monday, Feb. 22, 2021 in Galveston. Texas A&M University will build the new Sea Turtle Rehabilitation ...

A sea turtle initially weighed over 7 ½ pounds; her weight decreased to just over 6 pounds once experts cleaned her organism-covered shell.

A green sea turtle is improving after being found stranded on a North Carolina beach with over 1 ½ pounds of barnacles and other organisms on its shell, seashore officials announced over the weekend.

A Kemp's Ridley sea turtle lays a nest on the beach in Fort Morgan, Ala. on Wednesday, April 30, 2025. This nest is the first in the state for the year; nesting season lasts through October 31.

Sea turtle season in South Carolina typically begins on May 1, recent activity suggests the season may have started early, SCDNR says. Bob Neville, Nancy Smith, Joan Pierson, and Vanessa Oltmann of ...

SARASOTA, Fla. — The first sea turtle nests of the year have arrived in Sarasota. And while it may be tempting to get an up-close look at them, it's more important than ever to give them their ...

Endangered sea turtles show signs of recovery in a majority of places where they’re found worldwide, according to a new global survey released Thursday. “Many of the turtle populations have ...

Twenty-two cold-stunned sea turtles were rescued from Cape Cod and rehabilitated at Mystic Aquarium. The turtles, representing three endangered species, were released into the Atlantic Ocean off ...

Nineteen sea turtles that were cold-stunned in New England were released in Jacksonville after being rehabilitated at a Springfield, Mo., aquarium.

So far this year, 148 stranded sea turtles have been reported from Brevard, according to data from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. That's about double the usual rate of ...