Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A leatherback hatchling navigates over sargassum on Juno Beach in July 2021. The new findings detailed in a study published in the ...

Researchers are launching a new effort to track elusive male sea turtles, long absent from population estimates in the ...

Every year, sea turtles hatch on Florida's beaches and make their way from the sand to the ocean—a critical journey that determines their chances of survival. As these hatchlings navigate obstacles ...

With sea turtle nesting season beginning May 1, the Town of Fort Myers Beach is launching a community education campaign this ...

ATLANTIC BEACH, Fla. — The City of Atlantic Beach is issuing a critical community alert after a second report of sea turtle hatchling disorientation. Hatchlings rely on the natural light reflection of ...

MELBOURNE, Fla. – Last week, rough waves and heavy winds pushed dense sargassum seaweed onto Florida beaches, trapping hundreds of sea turtle hatchlings. [WATCH: Heavy Winds and rough seas push ...

A leatherback sea turtle hatchling climbs over sargassum on a beach. In a new study, researchers timed sea turtles to see how long it took them to reach the ocean when they had to traverse piles of ...

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LATELY, YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED SOME SMALLER TRACKS IN THE SAND. YES, SEA TURTLE BABIES. THEY’RE STARTING TO HATCH TONIGHT. FIRST WARNING METEOROLOGIST SILVER RING HAS WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE SURE THOSE ...

Sargassum seaweed is creating major new obstacles for sea turtle hatchlings, drastically slowing their crawl to the ocean and increasing their risk from predators and heat. Despite the physical ...

A stray dog massacred 23 newly hatched sea turtles on a North Florida beach just hours after the babies emerged from their nests, sparking calls for locals to leash their pets. The tiny carcasses were ...

LEGAZPI CITY — A total of 35 green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) hatchlings were released along the shoreline of Barangay ...