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JUNO BEACH — Researchers saw fewer sea turtle nests on a 9.5-mile stretch of beach in Juno Beach, Jupiter and Tequesta this season than they did in the three seasons before it. Loggerhead ...
Sea turtle nesting season in 2023 was a record breaker for coastal communities in Broward County, officials said Monday. The season runs between March 1 and Oct. 31, and is essential for the ...
Florida’s 2023 turtle nesting season, which runs from March through October, is only halfway through and has already reached record-breaking numbers.
The green sea turtle migrates between its nesting sites and its coastal foraging areas. Sea turtle migration is the long-distance movements of sea turtles (superfamily Chelonioidea) notably the long-distance movement of adults to their breeding beaches, but also the offshore migration of hatchings. Sea turtle hatchings emerge from underground ...
Like most turtles of the genus Pseudemys, this species is a fairly large river turtle. Straight-line carapace length in mature turtles can range from 20.3 to 37.5 cm (8.0 to 14.8 in). [ 9 ] Females, which average 30.5 cm (12.0 in) in carapace length and weigh 4 kg (8.8 lb), are noticeably larger than males, which are around 25 cm (9.8 in) and 1 ...
There were just over 9,390 nests along Palm Beach’s Atlantic coastline for the 2023 nesting season, Perretta said. Those numbers far eclipsed the previous year's total of 7,303.
The center hosts astronomy nights, [7] guided beach walks, [8] Boy Scout and Girl Scout programs, Eco Tours (SWIM), [9] evening turtle walks, [10] hatchling releases, [11] a marine summer camp program, [12] sea turtle releases, [13] water quality monitoring, [14] beach cleanups [2] and many other education programs, activities and events.
JUNO BEACH – It’s turtle walk season, a time when people can witness one of the Atlantic Coast environment’s most remarkable moments: sea turtle nesting.. Local residents and visitors in ...