Each year, threatened sea turtle mothers return to Fort Myers Beach out of natural maternal instinct to crawl onto the beach ...

Mote Marine Laboratory’s Sea Turtle Conservation and Research Program (STCRP) has documented sea turtle activities and the status of shoreline habitat along 35 miles of coastline since 1982. This area ...

Clearwater Marine Aquarium (CMA) has started sea turtle nesting patrol early this year. Florida Fish and Wildlife guided the ...

Mote's monitoring program has shown rising nest numbers in recent years, including nearly 4,400 in 2024 from Longboat Key to ...

A new study from the International Union for Conservation of Nature looking at sea turtle populations found something ...

Mote Marine Laboratory's Sea Turtle Conservation and Research Program (STCRP) documented the first local turtle activity of ...

Having evaluated 48 populations of six sea turtle species around the world, and examining the state of their habitats, ...

But it’s not all great news. Leatherback turtles are still critically endangered. It seems this is because leatherbacks are ...

Knee and waist-deep piles of sargassum seaweed are washing ashore along the Texas coast, creating a striking—if not ...

South Florida’s scuba diving community and a national organization joined forces to help protect some precious marine ...

Whether you want to soak up rays, shop a walkable downtown, pedal-push along nature-lined bike trails, or just float, there’s ...

Our beaches took a beating after three hurricanes last year. And with sea turtle nesting season fast approaching, advocates have new safety concerns.