Natural resource specialists at NAS Oceana's Dam Neck Annex are protecting the first loggerhead sea turtle nest documented in ...

A loggerhead sea turtle nest laid on May 11 is the first of this season to hatch on Hilton Head Island. Sea Turtle Patrol HHI ...

The common snapping turtle is a species that few Pennsylvanians give a second thought, unless they see one crossing the road or digging in their flower bed. This is because, outside the breeding ...

A beloved loggerhead turtle named Pat Benatar was recently found dead on a Florida beach just two weeks after nesting, alarming conservationists. What happened? The female loggerh ...

With high temperatures, heavy traffic and high tides expected throughout Independence Day weekend, it is important to keep an eye out for diamondback terrapins when driving on shore roads.

The Virginia Aquarium’s Stranding Response Team is staying busy this summer with loggerhead and Kemp’s ridley turtles getting ...

There is no shortage of online information about how to protect a nest or help nesting turtles be successful. Just be advised that, generally, wild turtles may not be kept or raised in captivity. The ...

Bowser, a male loggerhead, was "foul-hooked" and found with three fishing hooks stuck in and on his body upon its rescue Gulfarium C.A.R.E. Center Volunteers rescued a 172-pound loggerhead sea turtle ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A new study finds an 80-fold increase in the population of loggerhead turtles nesting at three beaches in Boa Vista, Cabo Verde’s third-largest ...

Federal officials are warning rafters to watch out for and report invasive snapping turtles that have been multiplying in southern Oregon’s Rogue River. The turtles can harm native wildlife, including ...

The first loggerhead nests of the season have been recorded at Pensacola Beach. Five nests were discovered by Escambia County Sea Turtle Patrol volunteers in recent days. That's on top of four ...

Diamond the loggerhead sea turtle washed ashore on the Virginia Beach Oceanfront in September 2025 with a stingray barb lodged in his tongue. VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A 220-pound loggerhead sea turtle ...