Florida’s sea turtle nesting season is already off to an impressive start, and researchers say it could be a big year.

A green sea turtle named Dellora laid the first documented green sea turtle nest of the season on Sanibel Island. Green sea turtles are less common than loggerheads in the area. Dellora, originally ...

Indian River County sets record number of green turtle nests. 4,515 green turtle nest counted. 50% increase in green turtles recorded in July. Indian River County has had a record number of green sea ...

Loggerhead Marinelife Center logged 20,872 nests, a nearly 40% increase from the previous year. Despite the high numbers, some nests were lost to beach erosion. Researchers advise beachgoers to keep ...

Memorial Day weekend is here, and thousands of people are packing their bags for Florida’s beaches. But state wildlife ...

Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from May 19, 2026 PERDIDO KEY, Fla. (WKRG) — The first loggerhead turtle nest of the ...

For 43 years, the green sea turtle carried one of conservation's heaviest labels: endangered. Poaching gutted nesting ...