RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Four baby Eastern box turtles — a species with a plummeting population in Virginia — were recently hatched at the Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center, including rare turtle twins ...

SCHUYLKILL HAVEN — A pregnant turtle needs your help to find her way home. An Eastern box turtle, estimated to be about 10 years old, was left at a drop off area at Red Creek Wildlife Center in Wayne ...

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Perdido Key had already logged the first sea turtle nest on Mother’s Day, making it the earliest recorded nest for Perdido Key, and tying for the earliest in Pensacola history, according to the ...

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 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 ...

It's that special time for sea turtle hatchlings. The Loggerhead Marinelife Center announced on Tuesday that hatchling season is underway. The center says from now until the end of nesting season, sea ...

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 ...

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 ...