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How evolution set sea turtles up for disaster

Sea turtles survived asteroids, volcanoes, and multiple mass extinctions. What they didn’t evolve for was streetlights. Baby turtles are hard-wired to crawl toward the brightest light — once the moon ...

Sea Turtle Rescued After Predator Attack Returns to the Wild as a 3-Finned Pioneer

The Loggerhead Marinelife Center announced that it released a loggerhead sea turtle named Pyari that had been missing her ...
KTAR

Federal troop deployments to US cities cost taxpayers $496M and counting

The Trump administration's high-profile deployment of federal troops to six U.S. cities has cost taxpayers roughly $496 ...

A sea turtle with 3 flippers swims free after Florida rehab, now followed by satellite

JUNO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Cheers rose from a bundled-up crowd as a loggerhead sea turtle that survived a likely shark attack ...

I’ve stayed at 60 hotels in the Maldives. These are the best and worst

Over the last decade, I’ve been lucky enough to stay at 60 hotels in the Maldives. I’ve visited natural islands and man-made ...
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Mystic Aquarium busy caring for sea turtles, baby seal

The busy season for Mystic Aquarium’s Animal Rescue Program is here. The nonprofit is currently caring for a baby gray seal, eight green turtles, and 7 critically endangered Kemp’s Ridley turtles.
The New York Times

Stampeding Turtles Might Have Made Fossil Tracks in Italian Cliffs

Researchers suggest that an earthquake spooked a mob of sea turtles gathered together in a prehistoric sea. By Carolyn Wilke Rocky cliffs run into the Adriatic Sea near Ancona, Italy. There, above the ...
Sarasota Magazine

Mote Reports Record Sea Turtle Nesting Numbers for 2025

Here's the good news we all need this week: Mote’s Sea Turtle Conservation and Research Program (STCRP) documented a historic nesting season in 2025, with 5,735 total nests recorded along 35 miles of ...
LAist

Meet Porkchop, the Aquarium of the Pacific's rescued green sea turtle

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. The Aquarium of the Pacific in Long ...
WPBF

Rehabilitated sea turtle, The Real Swim Shady, returns back to the ocean at Juno Beach

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 ...
New York Post

Twin hurricanes displace baby sea turtles across Florida shores as massive waves wreak havoc

Massive waves churned up by hurricanes Humberto and Imelda in the Atlantic are crashing onshore along the Florida coast, and that’s causing major issues for baby sea turtles. The conditions are so bad ...
WFTV

Record number of baby sea turtles rescued in Florida after hurricanes

Record Number of Baby Sea Turtles Rescued in Florida After Hurricanes Rough Surf from Hurricanes Imelda and Humberto Washes Ashore Dozens of Hatchlings What Are 'Washbacks' and Why Do They Need Help?