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• Researchers racing to save 4,000+ sea turtle eggs from Treasure Coast beach construction - More than 4100 sea turtle eggs have been relocated from 45 nests along the Treasure Coast in recent weeks - all to protect them from heavy... (Added: 21-Apr-2026 Hits: 89)

• The 4th Annual Turtle Fest Returns To Miami Beach This Weekend - Kick off Miami's sea turtle nesting season with crafts, live music and local vendors to help protect the beloved marine reptiles. (Added: 21-Apr-2026 Hits: 73)

• Final Weeks of Sea Turtle Season on Anna Maria Island: 179 Nests Still Waiting to Hatch - Sea turtle nesting season on Anna Maria Island is entering its final chapter. Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch reported no new nests or adult turtle... (Added: 21-Aug-2026 Hits: 57)

• Record-setting year for sea turtle nests in Brevard County - MELBOURNE BEACH, Fla. - Brevard County is seeing a record-breaking sea turtle nesting season, with thousands of nests counted along the Space... (Added: 21-Aug-2026 Hits: 83)

• Emerald Isle sees third-largest sea turtle nesting season on record - (WITN) - It's peak sea turtle hatching season, with nests hatching all along the Crystal Coast. The Emerald Isle Sea Turtle Patrol is busy... (Added: 21-Aug-2026 Hits: 88)

• Sea turtle lays 128 eggs in rare daytime nesting - A green sea turtle has laid 128 eggs on a Con Dao beach after coming ashore at around 9 am, an unusually late nesting time for a species that... (Added: 21-Aug-2026 Hits: 87)

• Sea turtle nests still hatching on Anna Maria as nesting season coming to a close - Sea turtles hatch at night and use the night sky to find the relatively brighter ocean that reflects stars and the moon. Turtle watchers say it's... (Added: 21-Aug-2026 Hits: 88)

• Longboat Key seeing deaths of disoriented sea turtles - (WWSB) - Sea turtle watchers have reported another case of dead sea turtle hatchlings, this time, about a dozen on Longboat Key near Gulf of... (Added: 21-Aug-2026 Hits: 96)

• PCB Sea Turtle Watch hosted presentation on nesting and hatching season - PCB Sea Turtle Watch hosted presentation on nesting and hatching season. @WMBBTV2 likes22 views12 hours ago more. Subscribe. Comments. (Added: 21-Aug-2026 Hits: 125)

• How a Philippine community is protecting sea turtle hatchlings | News - The municipality of San Vicente in the Philippines' Palawan is a vital nesting ground for Olive Ridley sea turtles. (Added: 21-Jul-2026 Hits: 80)

• 140 Hawksbill hatchlings released in Zamboanga Sibugay - Some 140 critically endangered Hawksbill sea turtle hatchlings were released at Pandilusan Island, Payao, Zamboanga Sibugay on Sunday, July 19,... (Added: 21-Jul-2026 Hits: 99)

• 14 sea turtle hatchlings rescued from Florida storm drains - Firefighters stepped in to help a wildlife rescue group when over a dozen sea turtle hatchlings got trapped in storm drains at a Florida... (Added: 21-Jul-2026 Hits: 130)

• Tropical Storm Bertha washes out numerous St. George Island turtle nests - St. George Island Sea Turtle Patrol finds numerous sea turtles nests flooded by Tropical Storm Bertha's storm surge, July 20, 2026. (Added: 21-Jul-2026 Hits: 65)

• Boca Raton Residents Can Use Gumbo Limbo's Hatchling Drop-Off Cooler to Help... - Boca Raton beachgoers are urged to leave sea turtle hatchlings alone unless they are injured, disoriented, or in danger. Learn when to help. (Added: 21-Jul-2026 Hits: 62)

• 'Very sad': Bertha floods hundreds of St. George sea turtle nests - Tropical Storm Bertha impacted more than 200 sea turtle nests along the beaches on St. George Island. Devastated conservationists are hopeful some... (Added: 21-Jul-2026 Hits: 93)

• Storm threatens sea turtle nests on Anna Maria Island - ... sea turtles in the middle of nesting season. Eggs remain buried beneath the sand in marked-off areas along the beach, and experts say the storm's... (Added: 21-Jul-2026 Hits: 66)

• Jupiter beach dance group makes changes after pushback from sea turtle conservationists - A Jupiter beach dance group is making changes after conservationists raised concerns about nighttime gatherings during peak sea turtle nesting... (Added: 21-Jun-2026 Hits: 60)

• Petition calls for changes to Jupiter Beach dance event amid nesting season - As sea turtle nesting season peaks along Florida's coast, a popular Jupiter Beach dance gathering faces growing scrutiny from conservation... (Added: 21-Jun-2026 Hits: 81)

• New global DNA database aims to fight illegal sea turtle trade worldwide - ... sea turtles. The database enables scientists to extract DNA from turtle shells, eggs, meat, and other products, helping identify where trafficked... (Added: 21-Jun-2026 Hits: 84)

• NATURE NOTES: NestFest volunteers collect tons of trash - ... sea turtle and shorebird nesting habitat along the upper Texas Coast. Sea turtles and birds can easily get entangled in trash when they come onto... (Added: 21-Mar-2026 Hits: 86)

• Liefie and Thando tiny survivors of a tough journey at sea - Two tiny sea turtle hatchlings rescued along the KwaZulu-Natal coast are showing strong signs of recovery after arriving exhausted and weighed... (Added: 21-Mar-2026 Hits: 69)

• Tiny flippers, big impact: Development and nature can coexist - For eight years now, hatchling sea turtles -locally known as pawikan... Beyond protecting sea turtles, the program also seeks to nurture a... (Added: 21-Mar-2026 Hits: 97)

• Memorial weekend beachgoers urged to clean up, leash pets to protect nests and hatchlings - FWC is reminding Memorial Day weekend beachgoers that sea turtle and shorebird nesting season is underway... sea turtles, including loggerheads,... (Added: 21-May-2026 Hits: 60)

• Navy personnel release sea turtle hatchlings to WPS - Personnel of the Joint Task Unit Pag-asa (JTUP) released a total of 57 sea turtle hatchlings into the West Philippine Sea. (Added: 21-May-2026 Hits: 69)

• Colombia Expands the Acandí, Playón and Playona Sanctuary to the Panamanian Border to... - Rainforest Trust is proud to have funded this landmark expansion, which strengthens protection of nesting beaches for threatened sea turtles,... (Added: 21-May-2026 Hits: 67)

• Tybee's beaches tell a story of change since 2020 nourishment project - A sea turtle nest can be seen marked off at the edge of the sand dunes near 2nd Street on Tybee Island. Due to heavy erosion the nest is now about 4-... (Added: 21-Sep-2026 Hits: 99)

• Mass nesting event brings more than 100000 olive ridley sea turtles to Oaxaca's Playa Escobilla - No global hatching rate for sea turtle nests could be found, but one widely cited statistic is that roughly one in every 1,000 sea turtle hatchlings... (Added: 21-Sep-2026 Hits: 10)

• First green sea turtle hatchlings of the year emerge in Huizhou | South - The year's first nest of green sea turtles hatched at the core nesting beach of Huidong Sea Turtle National Nature Reserve late on September 9. (Added: 21-Sep-2026 Hits: 78)

• First sea turtle nest of 2026 season spotted on Fort Myers Beach - The Town of Fort Myers Beach posted on Facebook that there was a special surprise for Earth Day because the turtles have arrived. (Added: 22-Apr-2026 Hits: 70)

• Sea Turtle patrols start on Anna Maria Island - Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch and Shorebird Monitoring started patrols of Anna Maria Island for their 43rd sea turtle nesting season on April 15. (Added: 22-Apr-2026 Hits: 71)

• How to protect sea turtles, hatchlings during nesting season - ... protect nesting sea turtles and their hatchlings. Nesting season runs May 1 through Oct. 31 in Florida and the Carolinas. (Added: 22-Apr-2026 Hits: 111)

• Police investigating Roanoke Rapids hanging death - Emerald Isle sees third-largest sea turtle nesting season on record... Peak Hatching Season For Sea Turtles. Updated: 4 hours ago. Peak Hatching... (Added: 22-Aug-2026 Hits: 94)

• Ministry records 284 hawksbill turtle nesting cases during 2026 season - DOHA: The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, represented by the Wildlife Development Department, recorded 284 hawksbill sea turtle... (Added: 22-Aug-2026 Hits: 99)

• Sea turtle hatching season - It is peak sea turtle hatching season and North Carolina's Crystal Coast is seeing a major boom in nests. (Credit: WITN via NBC Newschannel)... (Added: 22-Aug-2026 Hits: 130)

• Hatchings continue in loggerhead sea turtle nests in Antalya - Approximately 4500 loggerhead sea turtle nests have been identified in the Manavgat, Belek, and Kundu-Lara regions of Antalya, and so far,... (Added: 22-Aug-2026 Hits: 126)

• Tropical Storm Bertha threatens sea turtle nests along Collier County beaches - Tropical System Bertha is putting sea turtle nests at risk as higher tides and stronger waves wash away parts of the shoreline. (Added: 22-Jul-2026 Hits: 106)

• Volunteers on Anna Maria Island work to protect sea turtle nests on beaches - Sea turtle nesting season runs from May 1 through October 31, and on Anna Maria Island, volunteers are working every day to make sure every... (Added: 22-Jul-2026 Hits: 98)

• Volusia County breaks sea turtle nesting record - Volusia County broke its sea turtle nesting record with 1518 nests identified, surpassing the previous record set in 2023. (Added: 22-Jul-2026 Hits: 82)

• Supporting coastal communities to protect sea turtles in Liberia - The beaches of Grand Kru are among the most important nesting sites for sea turtles in Liberia. They host several threatened sea turtles: Hawksbill,... (Added: 22-Jul-2026 Hits: 71)

• Volusia County sea turtle nests surpass all-time record, conservation efforts credited - Volusia County has officially broken its sea turtle nesting season record - and there are still three months left to go. (Added: 22-Jul-2026 Hits: 62)

• Storm Threatens Sea Turtle Nests on Anna Maria Island: What Local Experts Are Doing to Help - Anna Maria Island is home to thousands of sea turtle eggs right now, and a powerful storm system moving through the Gulf Coast has put them in... (Added: 22-Jul-2026 Hits: 92)

• The Incredible Return of Sea Turtles to Volusia County #wildlife #amazing - Daytona Beach just hit a massive record for sea turtle nests this season. Volusia County is seeing historic numbers, already surpassing the... (Added: 22-Jul-2026 Hits: 112)

• 'We're heartbroken': Alligator Point loses all sea turtle nests to Tropical Storm Bertha - Alligator Point's sea turtle patrol saw a similar tragedy. They shared all their nests were hit by storm surge or completely washed out. "We're... (Added: 22-Jul-2026 Hits: 63)

• Volusia County sets new sea turtle nesting record - Officials recorded its 1,517th sea turtle nest of 2026 in Daytona Beach Shores, surpassing the previous countywide record of 1,516 nests established... (Added: 22-Jul-2026 Hits: 67)

• Volusia County sets new all-time sea turtle nesting record - Volusia County sets new all-time sea turtle nesting record WESH 2 News is your home for Florida breaking news and weather. (Added: 22-Jul-2026 Hits: 105)

• Volusia beaches experience record sea turtle nesting - A sea turtle nest is marked along the shoreline at Mary McLeod Bethune Beach Park in New Smyrna Beach on July 22, 2026. Nadia Zomorodian/News-Journal. (Added: 22-Jul-2026 Hits: 74)

• Sea turtles smash records with nests along Volusia County - Sea turtle nesting season is smashing records in Volusia County, with 1517 nests along the coast so far this year. News 6's Molly Reed explains... (Added: 22-Jul-2026 Hits: 105)

• Rare beach encounter captures elusive creature in the act - A badger was caught raiding a green sea turtle nest on South Padre Island after reportedly preying on multiple nests. (Added: 22-Jul-2026 Hits: 110)

• Georgia sea turtles. This island has already broken a record this season - Tybee Island has already broken its all-time sea turtle nesting record, with conservationists expecting even more nests before the season ends. (Added: 22-Jul-2026 Hits: 91)

• Sea turtle nests washed away at Pass-a-Grille Beach - The rip tide washed away sea turtle nests and flooded Black Skimmer nests on Pass-a-Grille Beach in St. Petersburg. Author: wtsp.com. (Added: 22-Jul-2026 Hits: 132)

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