Loggerhead turtle hatchlings exit a nest on the Chandeleur Islands just east of New Orleans just after midnight on August 21, 2024. This is the third year in a row that successful hatches of sea ...

Loggerheads, leatherbacks and green sea turtles still left nearly 15,000 nests this season along the beaches of Tequesta, ...

Many reasons for concern remain: these days sea turtles drop their eggs into holes of hotter sands, which means few-if-any males hatch and less genetic diversity, sending recent population ...

Hatchlings begin emerging about 45 days later ... Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) began banning the sale of turtle goods in the 1970s, but that hasn’t always worked. In 2012, researchers ...

An exciting increase in sea turtle nests was recorded during the 2024 season along Pinellas County beaches, according to the ...

Trail cameras on the Chandeleur Islands off Louisiana's eastern coast captured footage of more than 60 tiny, endangered loggerhead turtle hatchlings emerging from two sandy nests in August and ...

Bright, artificial light can deter females from coming on to shore to nest and can disorient sea turtle hatchlings, causing them to wander inland, where they often die of dehydration or predation.

SO THE DATA FROM ALL THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SEA TURTLES WILL HELP PREDICT HATCHLING SEX RATIOS AND ALSO GIVE INSIGHTS INTO THE HEALTH AND SURVIVAL OF THE SEA TURTLES THAT LIVE ALONG OUR SOUT Sea ...

Reproductive success, which is the number of turtle hatchlings that make it to the ocean, varied by species this year. It was similar to last season — which declined with high heat temperatures ...