The beach towns of the South are beloved for delicious food, stunning views, exciting attractions, and relaxing environments—but they also serve as an incredibly important habitat for wild sea turtles ...

“I imagine the turtles are developing quickly this hot summer. The embryos in the earlier eggs of the season must have reached the point at which they begin involuntary movements. With the first ...

SANIBEL, Fla.—Coyotes on Sanibel Island have been causing trouble by digging into sea turtle nests and eating the eggs. The Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation is familiar with this problem and ...

1 in 1,000 turtle hatchlings are expected to survive after they're born. Sea turtles lay about 80 to 120 eggs. There are five Florida sea turtle species: Hawksbill, Kemp's ridley, Loggerhead, ...

Professor by night, park ranger by day, protector of sea turtles always. That was the late Hank Smith, a unique person in Florida’s environmental history. I knew him as a colleague at Florida Atlantic ...