Loggerhead hatchlings travel thousands of miles guided by an astonishing built-in navigation system that uses the Earth’s magnetic field. Scientists trained young turtles to “dance” in response to ...

Open larger image Shade structures are used to cool relocated turtle eggs down As the 2025–26 turtle nesting season begins across the Great ...

The leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) is the largest living sea turtle in the world — and also one of the most threatened. According to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, the global ...

If you’re looking for sandy white beaches and turquoise waters, Grande Riviere in Trinidad isn’t the place. Its beauty is wilder: rainforest pressing up against the shore, a river spilling into the ...

Loggerhead sea turtle hatchlings. Photo by Sarah Shellow By Ruth Fordon November 14 was a sunny crisp fall morning with temperatures hovering around highs of mid 50s all week. Ocracoke residents ...

Contrary to the syrupy descriptions of nature poets, life doesn’t care a bit about feelings. A professional rabble-rouser, life stirs battles between its own organisms and sits back to witness their ...

The Hobe Mountain observation tower gives you amazing views. At 86 feet tall, it’s one of the highest points in South Florida. Climb to the top and you can see the Atlantic Ocean in the distance. The ...

COMPETITION. WELL, SO FAR THIS YEAR, LOGGERHEAD MARINELIFE CENTER HAS REHABILITATED AND RELEASED 97 JUVENILES TO ADULT SEA TURTLES, AND MORE THAN A THOUSAND AND 183 HATCHLINGS AND WASH BACKS. FIRST ...

JUNO BEACH, Fla. – An endangered loggerhead sea turtle was released Monday morning into the Atlantic Ocean from a Florida beach nearly three months after being hit by a boat. The adult female, named ...

A royal tern was hit by a car in 1968 along the then-new Sanibel Causeway. That single accident led to the rescue of tens of thousands of Southwest Florida's most beloved creatures and the ...