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Sea turtle nesting season begins Friday, and town law requires oceanfront property owners to make sure their lights aren’t visible from the beach until nesting season ends Oct. 31.
The number of recorded nests this year is close to 1,500, an all-time high for Volusia County. What is behind the big numbers? Here is what we know.
A green turtle crawls to the ocean after laying her eggs on the beach at Coral Cove Park in Tequesta, Florida on February 24, 2020.
Hurricane Milton, the most recent landfalling Florida major hurricane on October 9, 2024 Approximately 500 tropical and subtropical cyclones have affected the state of Florida . More storms hit Florida than any other U.S. state , [ 1 ] and since 1851 only eighteen hurricane seasons passed without a known storm impacting the state.
It is the largest species of softshell turtle found in Florida and all of North America, ranging from 15 to 76 cm (5.9 to 29.9 in) in straight-line carapace length. [12] The Florida softshell turtle also exhibits significant sexual size dimorphism. Adult females are often 3-5 times larger than males.
The Florida box turtle reaches sexual maturity around 12–13 years of age. [9] While some species can produce only one clutch in a breeding season, the Florida box turtle has been observed laying as many as four separate clutches in a single year. The egg laying season occurs in the Spring and generally lasts from April to early June. On ...
Florida’s 2023 turtle nesting season, which runs from March through October, is only halfway through and has already reached record-breaking numbers.
Hurricane Debby (2024) – a Category 1 hurricane that made landfall in the Florida Big Bend about a month before Helene; List of Florida hurricanes (2000–present) List of Georgia hurricanes; List of North Carolina hurricanes (2000–present) Timeline of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season; Tropical cyclones in 2024; Weather of 2024