There are seven species of sea turtle alive today, and they are found in oceans all over the world except the Arctic. Many of ...

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (WSAV) — Hilton Head Island welcomed their first loggerhead sea turtle hatchling of the 2025 season ...

Elizabeth Bevan wrecked a lot of pantyhose when she was a little girl. “I’m from South Florida, and I’ve always been absolutely fascinated by anything and everything that swims in the ocean,” she said ...

If a turtle’s eggs incubate below 81.86 Fahrenheit (27.7 Celsius), the turtle hatchlings will be male, whereas if they incubate above 88.8 F (31C), they will be female, according to NOAA’S ...

When a hatching sea turtle first pokes its head above the sand and scrambles to the sea, a watching child might ask how the turtle knows where to go and how girl turtles know to come back one day ...

On Thursday, July 27, Disney World announced that it recorded more than 2,000 sea turtle nests at its Vero Beach Resort, which is well above the average 1,500 nests Disney’s Conservation Team ...

Same for green turtles, where the estimate of at least 76,500 nests is well above the previous mark set in 2017. High sea turtle nest numbers also have been reported in South Carolina, Alabama ...

According to Goforth, they do this in captivity because their food is generally coming from above them. In the wild, sea turtles are primarily foraging downward on the sea floor for their food.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Coastal South Carolina had an above-average season for nesting sea turtles despite being impacted by high tides, a tropical storm and predators. The South Carolina Department ...

The Gulf of Mexico is home to five of the seven sea turtle species; loggerhead, green, hawksbill, Kemp’s Ridley, and leatherback. ... and tropical and temperate waters above 50 degrees Fahrenheit.

If a turtle’s eggs incubate below 81.86 Fahrenheit (27.7 Celsius), the turtle hatchlings will be male, whereas if they incubate above 88.8 F (31C), they will be female, according to NOAA’S ...