While you're out and about soaking up the springtime weather, you might just see a few turtles in our local ponds and trails.

Once prevalent in every ocean except the Arctic and Antarctic, the leatherback population is rapidly declining in many parts of the world. While all other sea turtles have hard, bony shells ...

The first sea turtle nest of the season was found, belonging to a leatherback ... and loss of beach habitat. Wildlife officials remind visitors to remove beach furniture at night, avoid using ...

Leatherback turtles were once known to ... notes that coastal development and sea-level rise due to climate change are eroding nesting habitats. Other threats include artificial lighting near ...

Sea turtle nesting season kicked off on the islands last month, with nests already popping up. April 15 marked the first day ...

Surveys conducted in 2016 and 2019 confirm that important nesting beaches have re-formed after the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami caused widespread destruction.

Unsurprisingly, most threats to sea turtles are human-caused, including climate change, fishing bycatch, habitat loss ... to the National Park Service, and leatherback sea turtles are suffering ...

Leatherback turtles.(Dakshin) The report, “Monitoring Sea Turtles in India 2008-2024 ... seas from climate change are destroying nesting habitats. Human-related threats include beachfront ...

(Courtesy of the Sea Turtle Conservancy) “Most of the leatherback trends have been ... blocks turtles from reaching suitable nesting habitat,” Godfrey said. The Trump administration is ...

Having evaluated 48 populations of six sea turtle species around the world, and examining the state of their habitats ... comes with a handful of warnings. Leatherback turtles, for example ...

PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. - Sea turtle nesting season has officially commenced in Pinellas County, beginning May 1 and extending through October 31. As these protected marine animals come ashore to lay ...

That means sea turtle nests need to be marked before any seaweed cleanups can begin in Miami Beach, considered a crucial ...