Distressed loggerhead swims erratically off the Florida Keys, then Coast Guard rushes her to care

An urgent wildlife response is underway in the Lower Florida Keys after the Coast Guard saved a massive loggerhead sea turtle, giving the animal a second chance. Crews brought the female turtle named ...

Florida islands near loggerhead nesting record as 4,640 hatchlings race into the Gulf

With weeks still remaining in nesting season, the southwest Florida barrier islands of Sanibel and Captiva are nearing a loggerhead sea turtle record, and thousands of hatchlings ...
The Baltimore Sun

Loggerhead turtle rescued seven miles south of Florida Keys begins recovery

A sea turtle rescued off the Lower Florida Keys over the weekend now has a name, and she’s proving to be a bit smaller than rescuers initially thought. While initial reports from the U.S. Coast Guard ...
Key West Citizen

300-pound loggerhead sea turtle rescued off Sugarloaf Key

A nearly 300-pound loggerhead sea turtle was rescued off the coast of Sugarloaf Key on Sunday after a nearby recreational ...
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 ...
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 ...
Phys.org

A 302-pound loggerhead sea turtle hit by a boat gets an oversize CT scan, with a surprise

A massive loggerhead sea turtle hit by a boat off Florida's Atlantic coast arrived at a turtle hospital needing medical care, but at 302 pounds (137 kilograms), Pennywise was too large to fit their ...
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Massive loggerhead turtle released back into ocean after surviving 10-pound tumor removal

KEY WEST, FL — A massive 170-pound loggerhead sea turtle nicknamed “Molly” was back home in the warm waters of the Florida Keys Tuesday after a successful surgery to remove a life-threatening tumor ...
Mongabay

Teeming with turtles: Cabo Verde island sees 80-fold increase in nesting loggerheads

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 ...
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In Martin County, Nature Is Part of the Plan

Martin County gives you the version of Florida many travellers hope still exists: beaches that feel natural, waterways that ...
Forbes

New England Aquarium Helps Injured Sea Turtles Survive In The Wild

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Priya covers the ocean, climate change, and the future of our planet. Loggerhead sea turtles rehabilitated by the New England ...
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Giant sea turtle found upside down on Florida beach

A stranded loggerhead sea turtle was given a second chance after two beachgoers found it overturned on the sand and stepped in to help. The video shows the large turtle lying upside down, unable to ...