JUNO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A massive sea turtle that was found injured along the Florida coast in May following a boat strike was returned to the ocean on Wednesday. The adult female, named Pennywise and ...

Pennywise, a 300-pound adult loggerhead sea turtle, was found stranded off the coast of Port St. Lucie and is currently being cared for at the Loggerhead Marinelife Center. The sea turtle was ...

Kickoff sea turtle nesting season at the 21st annual Turtlefest ...

A loggerhead sea turtle spotted struggling in the Indian River Bay June 21 is apparently free-swimming now, according to the Lewes-based nonprofit Marine Education, Research and Rehabilitation ...

The first loggerhead sea turtle nest of the season was found on April 6 in Juno Beach, marking the second earliest loggerhead nesting recorded since 1983. Researchers at Loggerhead Marinelife Center ...

The hundreds of beachgoers who crowded onto Tybee Island's North Beach will have to forgive Westie the loggerhead sea turtle for not being terribly active on the sand this morning. The Tybee Island ...

A 268-pound loggerhead sea turtle named Swim Shady made her triumphant return to the Atlantic Ocean on Monday morning, nearly three months after she was badly injured in a boat collision off Florida’s ...

JUNO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A massive loggerhead sea turtle hit by a boat off Florida’s Atlantic coast arrived at a turtle hospital needing medical care, but at 302 pounds (137 kilograms), Pennywise was ...

This morning, Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium released two sub-adult loggerhead sea turtles—nicknamed “Grimm" and "Monique"—back into the Gulf following successful rehabilitation at its Sea Turtle ...

JUNO BEACH, Fla. — Cheers rose from a bundled-up crowd as a loggerhead sea turtle that survived a likely shark attack trundled back into the ocean after months of rehabilitation in Florida, carrying a ...

Florida's beaches—particularly those in Palm Beach County—are among the world's most vital nesting grounds for loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta), accounting for 90% of all loggerhead nests in ...