First loggerhead nest of the season hatches on Hilton Head Island

A loggerhead sea turtle nest laid on May 11 is the first of this season to hatch on Hilton Head Island. Sea Turtle Patrol HHI ...
WLOX

Mississippi Aquarium releases two turtles back into the water, including a loggerhead turtle

BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) — Thursday afternoon in front of Edgewater Mall, the Mississippi Aquarium (MSAQ) released two turtles back into the water. One was a Kemp’s ridley sea turtle, and the other was an ...
People

Florida Volunteers Rescue a 172-Lb. Sea Turtle with Multiple Fishing Hooks In Its Flippers and Esophagus

Bowser, a male loggerhead, was "foul-hooked" and found with three fishing hooks stuck in and on his body upon its rescue Gulfarium C.A.R.E. Center Volunteers rescued a 172-pound loggerhead sea turtle ...
News 6 WKMG

Loggerhead sea turtle named Wombat returns home after three-month rehabilitation at Marine Science Center

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – A sub-adult loggerhead sea turtle named Wombat is back in the wild after spending three months recovering at the Marine Science Center in Volusia County. Wombat stranded just ...
Mongabay

Teeming with turtles: Cabo Verde island sees 80-fold increase in nesting loggerheads

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A new study finds an 80-fold increase in the population of loggerhead turtles nesting at three beaches in Boa Vista, Cabo Verde’s third-largest ...
Pensacola News Journal

Five loggerhead nests discovered on Pensacola Beach, 4 in Perdido Key

The first loggerhead nests of the season have been recorded at Pensacola Beach. Five nests were discovered by Escambia County Sea Turtle Patrol volunteers in recent days. That's on top of four ...
WRDW

Where science meets the sand: S.C. kids help protect turtle nest

SULLIVAN’S ISLAND, S.C. — Sea turtle nesting season is officially underway in South Carolina, and students at Sullivan’s Island Elementary School are already stepping up to help protect Sullivan’s ...
Yahoo

Loggerhead Turtle Makes First Nest of the Year on Myrtle Beach

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A park ranger spotted the first loggerhead sea turtle to make a nest at Myrtle Beach State Park in South Carolina recently. South ...
WCTV

Something Good: Loggerhead turtle rescued over the weekend at Panama City Beach

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - Today’s something good is a holiday weekend rescue for the Gulf Specimen Marine Lab! They say an adult loggerhead turtle named Robin was spotted floating offshore in Panama ...
WCBD

Loggerhead spotted at Folly Beach; turtle watch program gives nesting season reminder

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – The Folly Beach Turtle Watch Program is reminding beachgoers how to do their part at the beach during sea turtle nesting season in South Carolina after spotting a loggerhead ...
WKRG

Escambia County officials confirm first loggerhead turtle nest of the season

According to an Escambia County news release, Escambia County Sea Turtle Patrol volunteers discovered the nest on Perdido Key early Tuesday morning. May and June are the busiest nesting months in ...