CAPE LOOKOUT, N.C. (WNCN) — Activity at the North Carolina coast is heating up — especially on the beach along the sand to the surf. The first turtle nest hatched late last week at the Outer Banks, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. HATTERAS, N.C. (WNCN) — Just as winter approaches, the final sea turtles of the season are emerging from their nests at the Outer ...

A rare instance of a wild horse appearing to guard an endangered sea turtle nest was witnessed by tourists visiting North Carolina’s Outer Banks. A photo taken July 6 by Wild Horse Adventure Tours ...

KITTY HAWK, N.C. — Three female loggerhead sea turtles are currently making waves off the coast of the Outer Banks, according to data from OCEARCH. Lillian-Hazel, Kegan-Magnolia, and Pearl have all ...

Sea turtles are known to crawl from the Atlantic Ocean in the dark to dig nests along Outer Banks beaches in North Carolina. The eggs take up to 60 days to hatch, experts say. National Park Service ...