A leatherback hatchling navigates over sargassum on Juno Beach in July 2021. The new findings detailed in a study published in the Journal of Coastal Research explores the role that this brown seaweed ...

Every year, sea turtles hatch on Florida’s beaches and make their way from the sand to the ocean – a critical journey that determines their chances of survival. As these hatchlings navigate obstacles ...

MELBOURNE, Fla. – Last week, rough waves and heavy winds pushed dense sargassum seaweed onto Florida beaches, trapping hundreds of sea turtle hatchlings. [WATCH: Heavy Winds and rough seas push ...

GARDEN CITY -- Sea turtle volunteer Vickki Hardwick stops short of labeling it a rescue operation. She prefers the term "sea turtle Uber." "That's what we were calling it, except it was a six-hour ...

Sargassum seaweed mats both help and hinder Florida sea turtle hatchlings. Sargassum seaweed washing up on Florida’s shores in record amounts is becoming a serious threat to vulnerable sea turtle ...

A leatherback sea turtle hatchling climbs over sargassum on a beach. In a new study, researchers timed sea turtles to see how long it took them to reach the ocean when they had to traverse piles of ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CAPE LOOKOUT, N.C. (WNCN) — Activity at the ...

COTABATO CITY – Environment officials and stakeholders in Sarangani province released sea turtle hatchlings on Feb.24, officials said on Friday. Lawyer Felix Alicer, regional executive director of the ...

Little kids giddily squeal as a baby sea turtle, flippers flapping, lurches toward the water with the grace of a drunk lunging for a cab at closing time. Tourists applaud as about a dozen more ...

Hatchlings were trained to associate a food reward with a specific pattern such as a bullseye at the end of a Y-maze. In the reversal phase, the reward was switched to a different pattern, requiring ...

There are seven species of sea turtle alive today, and they are found in oceans all over the world except the Arctic. Many of them travel thousands of miles between the areas where they forage for ...

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