FWC reports leatherback turtles set a new statewide record with 2,012 nests in 2025, surpassing the previous high set in 2022 ...

In Florida, sea turtles are making a comeback. The green turtle is leading the way. It's a species that a few decades ago was close to disappearing from the state, and the scope of its recovery is ...

An animal hospital in the Florida Keys has given an endangered species of marine reptiles a second chance.The staff at The<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...

MARATHON, Fla. (WFLA)— Twenty-five critically endangered sea turtles arrived in the Florida Keys after fighting for their lives. The 25 cold-stunned sea turtles arrived at the Florida Keys Turtle ...

Nearly 90 percent of all sea turtle nesting in the United States occurs on Florida beaches. Every summer, thousands of threatened and endangered sea turtles emerge from the water at night to lay their ...

MARATHON, Fla. — The Turtle Hospital, which has been open for about four decades in Marathon, is suffering from budget cuts, but eco-tourism has been helping. The hospital is home to a turtle that is ...

Watch your step on the beaches near Jupiter: Loggerhead Marinelife Center is predicting that 2025 will be a top-three year for sea turtle nestings. So far this season, the nonprofit conservation ...

Officers with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission rescued 30 sea turtles off the coast of Gulf County.

A large sea turtle that was found injured along the Florida coast in May following a boat strike was returned to the ocean on Wednesday. The adult female named Pennywise, which weighs 302 pounds (137 ...