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Florida team finds loggerhead Pat Benatar dead from boat strike just 15 days after she nested

If any hatchlings make it to the ocean and beyond, her lineage will survive.

Five loggerhead nests discovered on Pensacola Beach, 4 in Perdido Key

Five loggerhead sea turtle nests have been discovered on Pensacola Beach, and another four nests on Perdido Key. Visitors can ...
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Conservationists celebrate 80X increase in nesting loggerhead sea turtles off coast of Cabo Verde

Globally, the loggerhead population has decreased by 47% over the past three generations.
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Juno, a 1,200-pound sea turtle scarred by boats and fishing gear, just made Florida nesting history after 25 years of coming back

Discover Juno, the 1,200-pound leatherback turtle, as she makes history with her 300th nest on Florida's beaches after 25 ...
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MORNING BUZZ: Edisto beach records 100th sea turtle nest, adopted in memory of volunteer

Summer in the Lowcountry, as always, is proving to be a very popular time to hit the beach, for both people and the much ...

Loggerhead Marinelife Center spots rare olive ridley nest in Florida

Researchers documented the first olive ridley sea turtle nest in Florida history on Jupiter Beach this May.

Rare sea turtle hybrid hatches at Queensland's largest mainland turtle nesting site

Rare baby turtles that are a cross between the loggerhead and green species have been found on the beach at Mon Repos.
WWSB Tampa on MSN

Turtle watchers urge beachgoers to give nesting loggerheads space on Anna Maria Island

Group reports 65 nests in one week as crowds disturb turtles attempting to come ashore.
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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 ...
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Earliest nest recorded by Loggerhead Marinelife Center this season

HIGHS IN THE LOW 80S. WELL, THIS MORNING THE LOGGERHEAD MARINE LIFE CENTER DOCUMENTED THE EARLIEST SEA TURTLE NESTS EVER RECORDED. THE LOGGERHEAD MARINELIFE CENTER MONITORS AN EIGHT AND A HALF MILE ...