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First loggerhead sea turtle nests of South Carolina's 2026 season found

South Carolina’s 2026 sea turtle nesting season is underway, with the first two loggerhead nests of the year discovered on ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Spend World Sea Turtle Day With the Loggerheads

Learn about the hatching habits of one of oldest creatures on Earth Alan B. Bolten and Blair E. Witherington June 16th is World Sea Turtle Day, which celebrates the creatures and acknowledges the ...
Palm Beach Post

Loggerhead sea turtles are nesting early this year: What we know

The first loggerhead sea turtle nest of the season was found on April 6 in Juno Beach, marking the second earliest loggerhead nesting recorded since 1983. Researchers at Loggerhead Marinelife Center ...
South Carolina Public Radio

Two loggerhead clutches mark the start of SC's sea turtle nesting season

Specialists with the South Carolina Department of Natural resources discovered two loggerhead nests during beach patrols ...
Phys.org

Drones map loggerhead sea turtle nesting site hotspots

Florida's beaches—particularly those in Palm Beach County—are among the world's most vital nesting grounds for loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta), accounting for 90% of all loggerhead nests in ...
Palm Beach Post

A record year for sea turtles? Early nesting has Loggerhead Marinelife Center thinking big

Watch your step on the beaches near Jupiter: Loggerhead Marinelife Center is predicting that 2025 will be a top-three year for sea turtle nestings. So far this season, the nonprofit conservation ...