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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 ...
Florida’s 2023 turtle nesting season, which runs from March through October, is only halfway through and has already reached record-breaking numbers. Sea turtle nesting season is breaking ...
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 ...
As sea turtle nesting season comes to a close, Sarasota and Manatee counties see a shift in loggerhead nest numbers. Florida sees record increase in loggerhead turtle nests. How about Sarasota ...
We're only halfway through this year's sea turtle nesting season, but northern Palm Beach County is just 994 nests shy of last year. Here's why.
The beaches of South Florida serve as a nesting habitat for the loggerhead, green, and leatherback sea turtles. Unfortunately, every species of sea turtle alive today is either classified as a threatened or endangered species. Gumbo Limbo works together with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to protect the area's sea turtles.
The Florida softshell turtle is a large turtle with a flattened, pancake-like body, a long neck, an elongated head with a long snorkel-like nose, and large webbed feet, each with three claws. While most turtles have hard shells composed of scutes , the Florida softshell turtle has a cartilaginous carapace covered in leathery skin.
Nesting sea turtles can be reported to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission at 888-404-3922. This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: Palm Beach woman watches ...