Turtles

Eight green sea turtles stunned by the cold during a rare snowfall in Florida have been released back into the Atlantic Ocean.

The reptiles, an endangered species, were incapacitated when the water temperature plummeted after a rare winter storm hit the Panhandle last week.

Anyone caught intentionally releasing a balloon beginning July 1 could face a $150 fine, according to a new measure passed by Gov. Ron DeSantis.

The sea turtle nesting season that started just months after Ian hit ended up setting records for loggerhead turtles on Sanibel and Captiva island.

Back in 2021, the FWC decided to conduct its own study on how the latest regulations for recreational blue crabbers would economically affect the commercial fishery, but the findings have not yet been released.

A rare hawksbill sea turtle found injured earlier this month by divers on a shipwreck off Key Largo, was fitted with a satellite tracking tag and returned to the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary after it was treated at the Keys-based Turtle Hospital.

Naval Station Mayport reported over 3,000 hatchlings during this year's nesting season, which ran from April through early October.

For Turtle mound and hundreds of Indigenous cultural sites in Florida, archeologists are asking how long they can race against erosion.

A juvenile green sea turtle that underwent multiple surgeries to remove cauliflower-like tumors was released last week off the Florida Keys with a satellite-tracking transmitter.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing listing the alligator snapping turtle as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.

The Florida Atlantic University study published this week in the Journal of Wildlife Diseases looked at turtles in the Indian River Lagoon over the last two decades and found pollution weakened their immune systems.

The executive order is aimed at conserving the turtles as the agency investigates a virus sickening them.