NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — You often see turtle nest protection cages built for sea turtles along the beach, but what about in Nashville? Recently, a group of friends took it upon themselves to build ...

JEKYLL ISLAND, Ga. (WTOC) - Researchers on Jekyll Island have found the first sea turtle nest of the season. This particular nest belongs to a loggerhead turtle. They say this is the first nest laid ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Turtle laying season has arrived, meaning thousands of turtles will be on their way fighting for a chance to make it to the ocean. In a Facebook post from Henricus Historical ...

GULF SHORES, Ala. (WKRG) — It’s day one of sea turtle nesting season, which means volunteers with Share the Beach are already on patrol. “We are looking for sea turtle tracks,” Share the Beach ...

ST. SIMONS ISLAND ― The beach at Gould’s Inlet is dark and stormy on a July night, optimal nesting conditions for pregnant sea turtles. The lightning keeps people off the sand. The rain blurs the ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Four baby Eastern box turtles — a species with a plummeting population in Virginia — were recently hatched at the Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center, including rare turtle twins ...

So far this year, some 90,000 loggerhead turtle hatchlings have emerged from their sandy nests on a pair of beaches located ...

TOPSAIL ISLAND, N.C. (WNCT) — With sea turtle nesting season approaching May 1, 2025, the Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Hospital is preparing for it. Loggerhead turtles are the main type of sea turtles to ...

Hilton Head's sea turtle moms have done their job for the season, and now it's time for the hatchlings to leave the nest. After two weeks without a new sea turtle nest on Hilton Head, the nesting ...

Sea turtles are known to crawl from the Atlantic Ocean in the dark to dig nests along Outer Banks beaches in North Carolina. The eggs take up to 60 days to hatch, experts say. National Park Service ...