It has been more than two weeks since the last female sea turtle laid her eggs on Hilton Head Island, marking the end of the second-largest nesting season the island has seen.

Sea turtle hatchlings must fight to survive come September, when many clutches give way to hundreds of new lives in the ...

Almost 2,000 sea turtle nests have been spotted along North Carolina’s coast this year - the second-most since the state started tracking nests in 2009. North Carolina’s 300-plus miles of coastline ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Credit: Getty Images While it may vary between species, summer is nesting season for many turtles—making it a prime time to come ...

Accord to Palm Beach's sea turtle monitor, loggerhead turtles have built 400 more nests this year compared to the previous ...

As rising temperatures, flooding and erosion put sea turtle nests at greater risk, conservationists often step in to move ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The leatherback sea turtle offers a rare look into ...

Rangers and scientists will dig into a loggerhead nest and count the eggs. Loggerhead sea turtles got their name due to their ...