A 270-pound loggerhead sea turtle named Timmy returned to the Atlantic Ocean on August 14 after several weeks of rehabilitation at The Turtle Hospital in Marathon, Florida. Timmy was rescued on July 19 after boaters spotted her struggling to stay…
After more than 40 years on the IUCN Red List as Endangered, the green sea turtle has made one of the most remarkable wildlife recoveries in conservation history, earning a new classification of Least Concern. This inspiring story explores how…
During Sea Turtle Week 2026, Florida’s Loggerhead Marinelife Center celebrated a remarkable first: a sea turtle named “Tini” was genetically confirmed to be an olive ridley sea turtle, marking the first documented olive ridley nesting in Florida history. Olive ridleys…
The Missouri Department of Conservation celebrated the 41st birthday of Peanut, a red-eared slider turtle with a unique figure eight-shaped shell. Her figure-eight shell was the result of crawling into that six-pack ring when she was very young. Read the…
The 2025 nesting season continues to bring exciting developments across Florida’s beaches! Read the latest update from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
Take a look at this video featuring Whitney Laboratory’s David Duffy, postdoctoral researcher, and Mark Martindale, director, that shares about the University of Florida Sea Turtle Hospital’s work and research on the fibropapilloma virus found in sea turtles.
This morning, we rescued a hatching from a nest – led her to the water to join her 76 siblings! Fun fact – this nest was adopted by Seemuh -the island’s favorite dog!
From today ‘s successful nest evaluation 103 total eggs 84 hatched eggs!
The hatchings have begun with our second one today, June 30, 2025, and so far so good!! May May Nests: R/RN EP/P RS May False Crawls: R/RN EP/P RS 9 (1 PRED.) 33 (18 PRED.) 2 12 70 12 June…
Get Up And Go Kayaking wrote a great article on the turtle nesting season. Every year from May to October, Southwest Florida’s beaches become vital nesting grounds for sea turtles, including Loggerheads, Greens, and occasionally Leatherbacks. In 2024, these ancient…
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