/tags/sea-turtles Sea Turtles en-US WLRN Wed, 07 Aug 2024 17:20:00 GMT /environment/2024-08-07/sea-turtle-nests-on-floridas-gulf-coast-take-back-to-back-beatings-by-first-half-season-hurricanes Last year, sea turtle nests were lost when Hurricane Idalia whipped up Florida's Gest Coast before making landfall in the Big Bend during the last week of August as a Category 4 storm. This year, Hurricane Debby disturbed sea turtle nests again along that coast before making landfall in the Big Bend during the first week of August as a Category 1. Wed, 07 Aug 2024 17:20:00 GMT /environment/2024-08-07/sea-turtle-nests-on-floridas-gulf-coast-take-back-to-back-beatings-by-first-half-season-hurricanes Tom Bayles /environment/2024-07-08/sea-turtles-are-packing-some-of-floridas-beaches-with-nests This year's sea turtle nesting season is going great, with a leatherback on Sanibel and early nesting throughout the region. But few turtle lovers forget last season when early signs were record-breaking but the season's results were heart-breaking. Mon, 08 Jul 2024 13:00:00 GMT /environment/2024-07-08/sea-turtles-are-packing-some-of-floridas-beaches-with-nests Tom Bayles /south-florida/2024-05-14/loggerhead-turtles-juno-beach-rehab One of the turtles, Cayman, arrived at the center on Feb. 6, in need of surgery to repair a front left flipper that had become entangled in fishing line. The other, named Finley, had a fishing hook embedded in his shoulder when he arrived on April 27 and went through a round of antibiotics. Tue, 14 May 2024 14:09:09 GMT /south-florida/2024-05-14/loggerhead-turtles-juno-beach-rehab Associated Press /environment/2024-01-05/sea-turtle-nesting-season-florida Imagine the surprise felt by sea turtle lovers when the number of egg-filled clutches laid on Southwest Florida beaches during last summer’s nesting season totaled a normal year despite shorelines transformed by Hurricane Ian. Even better: The mommas kept coming. Fri, 05 Jan 2024 15:07:44 GMT /environment/2024-01-05/sea-turtle-nesting-season-florida Tom Bayles /environment/2023-11-27/hurricane-idalia-washed-away-sea-turtle-nests-on-gulf-coast-but-the-season-was-a-success Each year, between May and October, threatened and endangered sea turtles create their nests along Pinellas County's beaches. Mon, 27 Nov 2023 21:00:00 GMT /environment/2023-11-27/hurricane-idalia-washed-away-sea-turtle-nests-on-gulf-coast-but-the-season-was-a-success Jessica Meszaros /environment/2023-11-24/loggerhead-sea-turtle-nests-florida-beaches-climate-change It's been a record-breaking year for sea turtles in Florida. Just as they have for millions of years, the turtles have crawled onto beaches, digging pits in the sand to lay their eggs. Fri, 24 Nov 2023 22:00:00 GMT /environment/2023-11-24/loggerhead-sea-turtle-nests-florida-beaches-climate-change The Associated Press /environment/2023-11-03/loggerhead-sea-turtle-nests-sanibel-island More than 1,000 loggerhead nests were counted on Sanibel and Captiva islands. Research shows Sanibel is averaging about five times more loggerhead nests compared to the 1970s and ‘80s. Fri, 03 Nov 2023 20:46:49 GMT /environment/2023-11-03/loggerhead-sea-turtle-nests-sanibel-island Janine Zeitlin /environment/2023-04-03/living-on-the-edge-building-noahs-ark Should humans rescue animals from the perils of climate change? Mon, 03 Apr 2023 19:40:38 GMT /environment/2023-04-03/living-on-the-edge-building-noahs-ark Uma Raja | WUFT /state/2023-02-15/loggerhead-sea-turtle-released-after-rehabbing-in-florida A loggerhead sea turtle named Rocky was released into the Atlantic Ocean after spending six weeks rehabbing at Florida’s Loggerhead Marinelife Center. Wed, 15 Feb 2023 22:45:00 GMT /state/2023-02-15/loggerhead-sea-turtle-released-after-rehabbing-in-florida Cody Jackson and Freida Frisaro | Associated Press /podcast/the-florida-roundup/2022-11-25/ian-still-haunts-southwest-florida-the-future-for-sea-turtles-and-americas-detention-system On this week's The Florida Roundup we looked at: various stories about recovery post-Hurricane Ian from WGCU in Fort Myers; the effect warmer waters have on Florida's sea turtles; 'Detention By Design', the latest podcast series from ¸Û°ÄÌìϲÊin Miami, about the history of immigration detention in the U.S. Fri, 25 Nov 2022 18:15:00 GMT /podcast/the-florida-roundup/2022-11-25/ian-still-haunts-southwest-florida-the-future-for-sea-turtles-and-americas-detention-system Natu Tweh