New research is revealing that baby sea turtles do not simply drift on ocean currents during their first epic journey.

This year saw more 1,366 more sea turtle nests on local beaches than last year, including some incubating into November.

Mote’s Sea Turtle Conservation and Research Program (STCRP) recorded a total of 5,735 sea turtle nests along the 35 miles of ...

Turtle nesting season has begun, with turtles nesting further south than ever before as oceans warm. Unfortunately many beaches across the Northern Rivers are still severely damaged from Cyclone ...

On the wind-swept sands of Teewah Beach in Queensland, Australia, a fragile pattern emerged at dawn—tiny, barely perceptible ...

Researchers taught young loggerhead turtles to associate certain magnetic fields with feeding, prompting a distinctive dance ...

Scientists find baby loggerheads feel Earth’s magnetic field to know where they are, reshaping our understanding of sea ...

A rare, prehistoric find on the South Carolina coast baffled beach goers this week. Here’s what to know about the creature.

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 ...

Mote sea turtle conservation program manager said turning out white lights at night can disorientation both for female ...

SHELL-YEAH  It was a record year for sea turtle nestings in the Tampa Bay area, but there are still challenges when it comes ...

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