JUNO BEACH, Fla. — The 2026 sea turtle nesting season is officially underway. A leatherback sea turtle nested in Juno Beach last week, marking the first recorded nest of the season. The Sea Turtle ...

Padre Island National Seashore is reducing volunteer patrols for the upcoming Kemp's ridley sea turtle nesting season. Volunteers and community members have expressed concern that fewer nests will be ...

Newly hatched baby sea turtles vs. ghost crabs. In South Africa’s east coast, the female turtles have come to lay their eggs in the same place their ancestors have nested for generations – an ...

VIRGINIA BEACH — A sand replenishment project in Croatan Beach was put on hold to allow loggerhead turtle eggs to hatch. It has been rescheduled to after turtle nesting and hatching season ends in ...

Every year, from December to March, hundreds of thousands of Olive Ridley turtles emerge from the sea, crawling onto Odisha’s sandy shores to lay their eggs. This phenomenon is known as Arribada, ...

Sea turtle season doesn't start until May 1, but a female leatherback crawled onto Vanderbilt Beach and laid a nest, the first historic account of this massive species laying eggs on this beach. "It's ...

Florida beaches are about to get filled with sea turtle eggs as the nesting season starts in March. This is the time female sea turtles come ashore to lay their eggs. Wildlife officials estimate the ...