Sea turtles typically enjoy balmy water of at least 75 degrees. When temperatures drop into the 50s, the animals struggle to ...
Cold stressing and stunning are potentially life-threatening conditions caused by sudden or prolonged drops in water ...
The recent cold snap didn't just challenge human Floridians. Why it matters: Wildlife officials, rescue groups and good ...
Members of the Sea Turtle Stranding Team from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI) responded to St. Joseph Bay on January 28 to rescue ...
Veterinarians at a Florida Keys turtle hospital are working around the clock to save sea turtles left immobile and vulnerable ...
The FWC has brought in freezing turtles from St. Joe’s Bay and set them up in tanks positioned at the Gulf Specimen Marine ...
A new scientific study has found that large-scale beach nourishment was associated with significant changes in sea turtle nesting behavior.
Eight juvenile green sea turtles are warming up at the Turtle Hospital in Marathon after being spotted in distress in unusually cold Upper Florida Keys waters. The turtles were found in the Upper Keys ...
JUNO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Cheers rose from a bundled-up crowd as a loggerhead sea turtle that survived a likely shark attack trundled back into the ocean after months of rehabilitation in Florida, ...
A new Ocean Conservancy analysis found widespread plastic ingestion among sea turtles and marine mammals found in Florida waters.
In Cape Verde, conservation has boosted the sea turtle population 100-fold — but the male-female balance is way off.