PAWLEYS ISLAND, S.C. (WBTW) — South Carolina United Turtle Enthusiasts (SCUTE) volunteers moved 160 loggerhead turtle eggs in Pawleys Island in Thursday morning. SCUTE head Rick Scott said it was the ...
“It’s definitely always very gratifying to see these animals go back into their ocean home,” said Dr. Heather Barron with the Loggerhead Marinelife Center Loggerhead Marinelife Center/Facebook The ...
MELBOURNE, Fla. (AP) -- She may not wear a pearl necklace like her namesake from the TV show, "Leave it Beaver," but June Cleaver, the 230-pound loggerhead turtle, nevertheless was happy as a clam to ...
Pennywise arrived at the center Monday, after a crew from Inwater Research Group found her floating in the Atlantic with significant blunt force trauma to her shell JUNO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A massive ...
A 268-pound loggerhead sea turtle named Swim Shady made her triumphant return to the Atlantic Ocean on Monday morning, nearly three months after she was badly injured in a boat collision off Florida’s ...
BOCA RATON, FL— New research on Florida's vital nesting beaches suggests that the slope of the sand and the placement of man-made structures may be more important to a loggerhead sea turtle's nesting ...
Sea turtles that have nested on the same stretches of sand for thousands of years are running out of room. As ocean levels ...
JUNO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A massive loggerhead sea turtle hit by a boat off Florida’s Atlantic coast arrived at a turtle hospital needing medical care, but at 302 pounds (137 kilograms), Pennywise was ...