Eight green sea turtles stunned by the cold during a rare snowfall in Florida have been released back into the Atlantic Ocean ...
Florida’s beaches are experiencing a record-breaking surge in sea turtle nests! Conservationists are celebrating as more ...
JUNO BEACH, Fla. — An arctic blast that brought a rare snowfall to northern Florida last week left green sea turtles as far south as St. Augustine suffering from a condition known as cold stunning.
The statistics include nest counts for the Loggerhead, Green Turtle, Leatherback, and Kemp’s Ridley Sea turtles. Melbourne Beach Florida Turtle Tracks at Sunrise Photo Credits: Marie Potter The ...
Eventually the GPS tags slough off because “the outside of a young turtle’s shell sheds as they grow very quickly,” said ...
According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, an influx of sea turtles washed up on St. Johns County beaches with very low body temperatures, a phenomenon known as "cold ...
Rescue teams brought the cold-stunned sea turtles to Panama City Beach to warm up. Dozens of cold-stunned sea turtles were pulled by biologists from the frigid waters of St. Joseph Bay in Florida ...
Officers with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission rescued dozens of sea turtles as recent freezing temperatures compromised the health and well-being of the reptiles. A historic winter storm ...
Even sea turtle scientists don't yet fully understand how the turtles use the sense of direction and navigation that helps them survive and return to nest ... in Melbourne Beach, Florida, to ...