But the Conservancy of Southwest Florida’s sea turtle research team still documented 425 nests during the March to October nesting season on Keewaydin Island with a total of 422 loggerhead nests ...

The goal of the project was to develop a sensitive and specific portable eDNA water test to detect a known individual of Swinhoe's softshell Turtle, confirmed through a previous capture and ...

In an extraordinary act of heroism, two officers from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) braved freezing waters in Gulf County to rescue 30 sea turtles that were caught in ...

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After a once-in-a-lifetime snowstorm pelted the Florida Panhandle with up to 8 inches of snow earlier this week officials from Florida Fish & Wildlife sprung to action to help save the sea turtles.

According to the Florida Fish ... Whitney’s Sea Turtle Hospital manager, said winter is “tough on our flippered friends,” calling it “chilly crusty green season.” ...

The New Orleans area saw up to 10 inches of snow, alligators are freezing–but staying alive–in lakes in Southeast Texas, and turtle patrols in Florida are rescuing cold-stunned turtles.

Just last week, 18 cold-stunned turtles were rescued from frigid waters near St. Augustine and later taken in by Florida Aquarium’s Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Center near Tampa. The green sea ...