Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jacksonville University is partnering with a St. Johns County sea turtle patrol to expand its marine science work to include hands ...

Jacksonville University has launched the Turtle Research and Conservation Initiative (TRCI), a new comprehensive program designed to conserve turtle species across Northeast Florida. The initiative ...

DNA “fingerprints” left behind by sea turtles offer scientists a simple, powerful way of tracking the health and whereabouts of these endangered animals, a key step forward in their conservation. A ...

For turtles that grow up in the sea, or in our ponds and swamps, early childhood is often when they're the most vulnerable. They're small, inexperienced, and at the mercy of cars and animal predators.

FOLLY BEACH, S.C. (WCIV) — Sea Turtle hatchling season is here and volunteers with the Folly Beach Turtle Watch Program were able to track two separate nests hatch and a female loggerhead turtle lay a ...

Two olive ridley sea turtles that came to Southern California to nest may be "pioneers." Here's why this matters.

A unique program on the North Carolina coast is working to restore the sea turtle population, especially Loggerheads, the main species seen in the state. BALD HEAD ISLAND, N.C. (WTVD) -- A unique ...

Sea turtle nesting season is here. There are approximately 330 miles of ocean-facing sandy beaches in North Carolina that provide suitable nesting habitat for sea turtles, and the turtles have been ...