ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. — Four rare Kemp’s ridley sea turtle nests were laid during St. Johns County’s 2024 sea turtle nesting season. According to a news release, Kemp’s ridley sea turtle ...

St. Johns County Coastal Management will be tilling sections of beaches to help protect and maintain sea turtle nesting habitats. The tilling process loosens sand, allowing sea turtles to dig ...

St. Johns County's beaches were cleaned by 250 volunteers, removing 850 pounds of trash to protect sea turtles.

Sea turtle nesting season begins May 1 ... habitat by observing all nesting season laws and regulations. The beaches of St. Johns County are home to several species of endangered or threatened ...

Memorial Day is just over a week away and is the first big beach weekend of the summer for a lot of Floridians. Here's which ...

Friends of Virgin Islands National Park will mark Sea Turtle Week, which begins June 8, World Ocean Day, and ends June 16, ...

The Friends of the V.I. National Park’s Sea Turtle Monitoring and Protection Program had a successful 2024 sea turtle nesting ...

Last year, a critically endangered hawksbill sea turtle was found dead by early morning beachgoers along the shore near F Street in St. Augustine Beach. The St. Johns County Beach Services ...

And from May 1 through Oct. 31, beach driving is only allowed between 8 a.m. and 7:30 p.m., due to sea turtle nesting. According to St. Johns County’s website, “Vehicular access is dependent ...

In the last five years, St. Johns County said it has recorded nearly 5,000 sea turtle nests on its coasts. “The beach tilling involves heavy machinery that plows the beach sand, making it more ...