Spectators in Destin got a big surprise Tuesday night when a sea turtle nest hatched. The little ones boiled up from their sandy home and darted for the emerald water around 7:30 pm.

Sea turtle nesting season runs from March 1 to Nov. 15, but sometimes the sea turtles can begin to arrive earlier. Female sea turtles dig a hole, lay between 80 and 120 eggs, cover the hole with ...

The Navarre Beach Sea Turtle Conservation Center is home to Sweet Pea a rescued green ... We also have articles on the Emerald Coast of Florida including Destin, Fort Walton Beach, Pensacola ...

Because Florida's shorelines provide important nesting habitats for several species of threatened and endangered sea turtles, beachgoers can have a significant impact on the success of this year ...

Out of the thousands of sea turtle hatchlings emerging from the sand and shuffling toward the ocean around Florida, only 40 were leatherbacks from a Sanibel Island clutch laid by their mammoth ...

But eight sea turtles were back in the water Tuesday among an original 17 reptiles discovered stranded along Florida’s northeastern Atlantic Coast, Dr. Heather Barron, a lead veterinarian at ...

This photo provided by researchers shows a young green sea turtle with a satellite tag before release offshore of Destin, Fla., on May 13, 2022. The photo was made under protected species permit ...

Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Center at The Florida Aquarium Mayra Shores Lane, 577 Estuary Shr Ln, Apollo Beach, FL 33572 Open: Daily from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. through April ...

Sea turtle conservation policies took off in the 1970s and ’80s, with fishing gear regulations, fines for harming nests and a ban on sea turtle hatchery. Loggerhead and green sea turtles were ...

Rescued green sea turtle released in the Florida Keys 00:35 Bette Zirkelbach, left, releases "Roseleigh," a juvenile green sea turtle, off the Florida Keys Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, at Sombrero Beach ...