The zone stretches from Longboat Key to Siesta Key, including Sarasota Bay, and extends from the shore to 1.5 miles offshore. “We’re excited to partner with the community to help protect sea turtles ...

Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium’s Sea Turtle Conservation and Research Program documented the first local turtle activity of the 2025 season on Saturday, April 26. The Sea Turtle Patrol reported ...

OAK ISLAND, N.C. (WECT) - With the return of summer comes not only beach days, but the return of the sea turtle nesting season. Just this week alone, there have been three alleged sea turtle nest ...

Mote Marine Laboratory’s Sea Turtle Conservation and Research Program (STCRP) documented the first local sea turtle nest of the 2024 nesting season on Sunday, April 28, on Venice Beach in South ...

Law enforcement agencies aren’t the only ones keeping track of boaters’ speed on Suncoast waterways. Mote Marine Laboratory is also using laser speed guns to collect data on boaters’ habits as part of ...

PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Animal rights nonprofit, Bear Warriors United issued a notice of intent to sue the town of Palm Beach at the beginning of July. The organization claims Palm Beach is ...

A baby green turtle (left) and a baby loggerhead (right), excavated by conservationists in Florida. Each March, sea turtle nesting season begins with the females’ slow yet determined scooch onto ...

OCEAN ISLE BEACH, NC (WWAY) — A sea turtle nest on Ocean Isle Beach was damaged overnight according to the Ocean Isle Beach Sea Turtle Protection Organization. The organization says that the strings ...

A charity project in collaboration with 51 Malaysian artists and public figures has raised RM1,255,000 for turtle conservation and various Malaysian charities.

The Akyatan lagoon on Turkey’s Mediterranean coast is one of the most important green turtle nesting beaches in the region and is a major wintering site for migrating birds. The area also hosts a wide ...

Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium has established a voluntary Sea Turtle Protection Zone in waters off Sarasota County, with the hope that increased publicity will help raise public awareness and ...