So far this season, Loggerhead has counted 49 nests from leatherback sea turtles — who are usually the first to lay eggs — and no green sea turtle nests yet.

You also can adopt a nesting loggerhead sea turtle this year and get detailed reports about her nests for the season. This $500 adoption (or $5,000 for a lifetime adoption) supports SCCF’s sea ...

So far this season, the nonprofit conservation center in Juno Beach has counted 9,081 nests from loggerhead sea turtles, 2,445 from green turtles and 258 from leatherbacks.

There are five Florida sea turtle species: Hawksbill, Kemp's ridley, Loggerhead, Leatherback and green. For part of the year, the beach becomes home to sea turtles who are in the nesting process.

This is the amusing moment a female loggerhead sea turtle makes her way back to the sea after laying eggs in North Carolina. Footage released by Cape Hatteras National Seashore shows the marine ...

JUNO BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Researchers at Loggerhead Marinelife Center (LMC) have recorded their first sea turtle nests of the year on Juno Beach, marking an early start to the nesting season.

Kaylor said Loggerhead and Green Sea turtles account for most of the center’s patients, many of which have suffered human-caused injuries. In addition to sea turtles, people bring other wildlife ...

JUNO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A massive loggerhead sea turtle hit by a boat off Florida's Atlantic coast arrived at a turtle hospital needing medical care, but at 302 pounds (137 kilograms), Pennywise ...

For loggerhead turtles, heavier rainfall results in hatchlings with smaller carapaces (shell) but greater weight, while green turtle hatchlings grow smaller carapaces without a change in body mass.

Kaylor said Loggerhead and Green Sea turtles account for most of the center’s patients, many of which have suffered human-caused injuries. In addition to sea turtles, people bring other wildlife ...