Spotted a Turtle on the Road? Experts Say Do This First

As temperatures rise, the turtle nesting season is beginning. There are several hundred species of turtles, but many of them ...

3 To Know: Rare turtle nest; TSA rules; headlines you may have missed

Wildlife researchers discovered an extremely rare olive ridley sea turtle nest at Jupiter Beach Park — the first documented ...
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Marking a global first, Israel’s new sea turtle rescue center comes out of its shell

The year was 1999, and a university student named Yaniv Levy, majoring in marine biology, was taking a walk on the sands of Mikhmoret beach north of Netanya when he happened upon a large sea turtle, ...
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Turtle Kept in Darkness on a Diet of Cat Food, Feels the Sun for the First Time in 50 Years

A wild eastern box turtle got her first taste of fresh air and sunshine in decades after she was moved from a New York home to a New Jersey animal rehabilitation ...
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Folly Beach Turtle Watch reports first sea turtle nest sighting

FOLLY BEACH, S.C. (WCBD) – May marks the beginning of sea turtle nesting season in South Carolina, and volunteers on Lowcountry beaches have reported sightings this week. The Folly Beach Turtle Watch ...
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High tides from Hurricane Erin jeopardize sea turtle nests on First Coast

JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. — Hurricane Erin's swells are battering the First Coast, with high tides pushing much higher than normal. The head of the sea turtle program at Jacksonville University says ...
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Invasive ‘stripe-necked’ species found on Greek island for first time. See it

Scientists found an invasive “stripe-necked” species in a pond on an island of Greece for the first time, a “worrisome” find, a new report said. Google Street ...