Florida wildlife officials plead to keep fireworks and dogs from traumatizing nesting shorebirds and sea turtles ...

When is sea turtle nesting season in Florida? Sea turtle nesting season runs from March 1 to Nov. 15, ... birds, crabs and other animals prey on the animals. Advertisement. Advertisement.

Most sea turtle nests were wiped out by hurricanes Debby, Helene and Milton in 2024. ... In fact, all five of Florida's sea turtle species are either endangered or threatened, ...

In 2023, the 133,840 loggerhead nests broke a state record set in 2016, and the 76,500 green turtle nests were well above the mark set in 2017.

Nests in Florida reached a record high number in 2023, but population-wide conclusions require long-term data sets, said Jack Brzoza, a sea turtle biologist at Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation.

A high number of seabirds are getting sick in Huntington Beach due to a toxic algal bloom, according to the Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center. The wildlife center said that the algae that is ...