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News : News : Year : 2026

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• Warm ocean waters may have led to first known sea turtle nesting in California - NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with marine ecologist Jeff Seminoff about the first known natural sea turtle nesting on California's shores. ^new (Added: 7-Oct-2026 Hits: 29)

• Influencers Avoid Jail Time After Riding an Endangered Sea Turtle in Oman - Oman Court Sentences Influencers For Riding Endangered Sea Turtle For Clicks. Influencer Sea Turtle Ride Vadym Oleynik sitting on an egg-laying sea... ^new (Added: 7-Oct-2026 Hits: 23)

• Discovering the Sea Turtles of the Suncoast - (WWSB) - A wooden stake and a strip of tape mark something most beachgoers never see on Suncoast beaches - a sea turtle nest buried in the sand. "Well... ^new (Added: 7-Oct-2026 Hits: 20)

• Tybee sees record-high number of sea turtle nests - As sea turtle hatchlings make their way to the sea, wrapping up the 2026 nesting season, Tybee Island saw its most nests yet. ^new (Added: 7-Oct-2026 Hits: 25)

• Tybee Island sea turtle nests reach record high - Loggerhead sea turtle nests hit a record high on Tybee Island this year despite ongoing beach erosion. ^new (Added: 7-Oct-2026 Hits: 26)

• Florida AG charges 10 in wildlife trafficking probe involving protected sea turtles - Three defendants are accused of unlawfully possessing and selling protected sea turtles to undercover officers. The 10 defendants face charges... ^new (Added: 7-Oct-2026 Hits: 23)

• Preliminary Numbers for Sea Turtle Season Looking to Set Records - This remains one of the most remarkable sea turtle events of the 2026 season. The majority of Kemp's ridley nesting occurs on the western Gulf coast,... ^new (Added: 8-Oct-2026 Hits: 23)

• Rare green sea turtle lays 82 eggs on Vietnam's Hon Cau island - The sea turtle nest discovered on Hon Cau island. Photo: N.X.. Nguyen Thanh Phuc, director of the Hon Cau Marine Protected Area Management Board in... ^new (Added: 8-Oct-2026 Hits: 19)

• Sea Turtle Nests Record | National - Biologists and volunteers with the Caretta Research Project excavate a recently hatched loggerhead sea turtle nest on Wassaw Island, Ga., July 18,... ^new (Added: 8-Oct-2026 Hits: 25)

• Sea turtle nests on Lam Dong's Hon Cau Island for sixth time this year - Since the beginning of 2026, sea turtles have nested six times at three beaches on Hon Cau island, namely Nhat, Mui Tau and Ba Hon. ^new (Added: 8-Oct-2026 Hits: 18)

• Holden Beach Turtle Patrol sees successful nesting season - More than 7,000 sea turtle... The Holden Beach Turtle Patrol's record-setting year was in 2019, when 52 female sea turtles laid 105 nests on the... ^new (Added: 8-Oct-2026 Hits: 31)

• Hol Chan Records 75 Sea Turtle Nests so far this Season - Hol Chan Marine Reserve reported 75 sea turtle nests along San Pedro's beaches in an October 5th update following surveys by its biologists. ^new (Added: 8-Oct-2026 Hits: 24)

• Sea turtle naps in unusual spot - A scuba diving instructor in the Philippines stumbled upon a sea turtle taking a nap in an unusual spot. ^new (Added: 8-Oct-2026 Hits: 18)

• Panhandle sea turtle group finds nearly 100 hatchlings unviable from Bertha - The Gulf and East Bay Sea Turtle Patrol found 89 hatchlings who were impacted from Tropical Storm Bertha in July; they're still reeling from the... ^new (Added: 9-Oct-2026 Hits: 12)

• 10 charged in illegal fishing, sea turtle poaching bust - Authorities say the operation illegally sold more than $150,000 worth of fish, shrimp, and protected sea turtles. Ten people have been charged... ^new (Added: 9-Oct-2026 Hits: 13)

• 82 Baby Sea Turtles Race to the Ocean, but How Do They Know the Way? - Sea turtle hatchlings use a remarkable combination of light, beach shape, waves, and eventually Earth's magnetic field to move from a nest buried in... ^new (Added: 9-Oct-2026 Hits: 11)

• NESREA To Reward Lagos Baale For Saving Endangered Sea Turtle - Chief Semiu Waliu Jejelaiye, for leading his fishing community to rescue and release a critically endangered Leatherback Sea Turtle. The Director... ^new (Added: 9-Oct-2026 Hits: 12)

• WWF: Sea Turtles Rebound in Greece as Global Wildlife Decline - ... sea turtles, bluefin tuna and the loggerhead sea turtle, are starting to recover. Their recovery suggests the destruction of nature may not be... ^new (Added: 9-Oct-2026 Hits: 12)

• Special Reports: As species decline, green turtles offer gli - All six other sea turtle species are still vulnerable or critically endangered, apart from the flatback turtle, whose status is unclear because of... ^new (Added: 9-Oct-2026 Hits: 10)

• Researchers offer a first glimpse into sea turtle viruses - GPB's Jillian Magtoto reports on what this means for sea turtles. Georgia Department of Natural Resources Sea Turtle Program Coordinator Mark Dodd... ^new (Added: 9-Oct-2026 Hits: 12)

• Sea turtle nests on Lâm Đồng's Hòn Cau island for sixth time this year - Since the beginning of 2026, sea turtles have nested six times at three beaches on Hòn Cau island, namely Nhật, Mũi Tàu and Ba Hòn. Three nests... ^new (Added: 9-Oct-2026 Hits: 13)

• Avalon Hill Makes Waves with New Sea Turtle Board Game - Intended for ages 10 and up, Tideward tasks players with helping baby sea turtles brave the dangerous trek from their sandy nests to the open ocean. ^new (Added: 9-Oct-2026 Hits: 18)

• Meet the conservation leader behind The Florida Aquarium's global rise - Debborah Luke talks coral, sea turtles and the expansion that will... Sea turtle rehabilitation was a program that was kind of staying in... ^new (Added: 9-Oct-2026 Hits: 14)

• Mote's Run for the Turtles promotes conservation effort on Siesta Beach - Sea turtle nesting season begins May 1 and continues through Oct. 31... Sea turtles play a critical role as a keystone species, according to... (Added: 1-Apr-2026 Hits: 103)

• Sweet Healing: Brevard Zoo uses honey to treat injured sea turtle - A rescue turtle at the Brevard Zoo is getting some "sticky" treatment for her injuries. (Added: 1-Apr-2026 Hits: 134)

• A Big Thank You for a Successful 4th Annual Hatchling Hustle! - ... sea turtles of the Gulf of Mexico, all five of them. This year's Hatchling Hustle was especially meaningful as we look ahead to the upcoming sea... (Added: 1-Apr-2026 Hits: 136)

• Historic leatherback sea turtle nest discovered on the Outer Banks - A remarkable milestone in sea turtle conservation occurred early July 30, when a leatherback sea turtle nested on the 4×4 in Corolla. (Added: 1-Aug-2026 Hits: 95)

• Over 300 sea turtle nests recorded during first months of Cozumel nesting season - Cozumel, Q.R. -- The sea turtle nesting season continues to show positive results on the beaches of Punta Sur Ecotourism Park. (Added: 1-Aug-2026 Hits: 96)

• Sea turtle crawls toward the ocean and into hearts in Photo of the Week - A leatherback sea turtle laid eggs on a Navy-owned beach in Virginia, an unusual event for the species. Leatherbacks, the largest sea turtles,... (Added: 1-Aug-2026 Hits: 108)

• Myrtle the sea turtle weighs nearly 500 pounds. What does it take to keep her healthy? - Take a look behind the scenes as staff at the New England Aquarium conduct annual check ups on their resident sea turtles. (Added: 1-Aug-2026 Hits: 69)

• Beneath the storm - Sea turtles carrying GPS and sensors on their shells are collecting data that can make tropical cyclone forecasts more accurate. Image credit: Rob... (Added: 1-Aug-2026 Hits: 177)

• MOECC Announces End of 2026 Hawksbill Sea Turtle Nesting Season - Doha, August 1 (QNA) - The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MOECC) has announced the conclusion of the 2026 hawksbill sea turtle... (Added: 1-Aug-2026 Hits: 80)

• Dwindling daylight tells Georgia's wild creatures to prepare for fall - A banner year for sea turtles... On Georgia's coast, biologists are elated over what's shaping up to be a record year for loggerhead sea turtle nests... (Added: 1-Aug-2026 Hits: 100)

• Stranded sea turtle smothered in barnacles spent 6 months healing, then swam free - A green sea turtle stranded on an Australian beach last year appeared unlikely to pull through when rescuers found her. (Added: 1-Aug-2026 Hits: 80)

• Two arrested after suspected Sea Turtle Poaching in Tobago - Wildlife officers found suspected poached sea turtle remains, eggs, and meat during an enforcement operation at Lambeau Beach, leading to the... (Added: 1-Aug-2026 Hits: 92)

• Rescued sea turtle released off Quezon's Jomalig Island - Residents rescued a large sea turtle after it wandered onto the shore near a beach resort in Jomalig, Quezon, on Thursday night. (Added: 1-Aug-2026 Hits: 125)

• North Carolina sees a record sea turtle nesting season, but heat may skew hatchling sex - At Holden Beach in North Carolina, sea turtle volunteers are seeing one of their strongest nesting seasons yet, with this year's tally running... (Added: 1-Aug-2026 Hits: 114)

• Meet sea turtle Pawi in its adventures in disputed West Philippine Sea | Jonathan L. Mayuga - Pawi is a curious green sea turtle on a journey through mangroves, seagrass meadows, coral reefs, and coastal communities. (Added: 1-Aug-2026 Hits: 148)

• Watch: Four Sea Turtles Return To The Sea At Ġnejna In First Release Of 2026 - Nature Trust Malta has released its first four rehabilitated sea turtles of 2026 back into the wild at Ġnejna Bay. The turtles had spent around... (Added: 1-Jul-2026 Hits: 80)

• Wild Encounters - From sea turtles and songbirds to birds of prey, mammals and even rescued exotic animals, these organizations share a common mission: to... (Added: 1-Jul-2026 Hits: 99)

• Plastic bags can look and smell like food to sea turtles - A sea turtle swims near colorful corals, encountering a piece of plastic debris in the. Photo Credit: iStock. (Added: 1-Jul-2026 Hits: 212)

• Be a holiday hero for nesting sea turtles and waterbirds this Fourth of July - You can help support their nesting success by packing along these sea turtle and waterbird friendly tips when planning your time at the shore: Keep... (Added: 1-Jul-2026 Hits: 89)

• Sea Turtle nests down at least 50% this season, experts say - ... sea turtle rescuer with Sea Turtle Trackers. He says a false crawl is a normal thing except when the number of false crawls is higher than the... (Added: 1-Jul-2026 Hits: 125)

• Rescued sea turtle released after weeks of rehabilitation - Read about Soggy Bottom, a young green sea turtle rescued from fishing gear, now thriving in the Atlantic after rehabilitation. (Added: 1-Jul-2026 Hits: 106)

• New Florida manatee, sea turtle decals raise funds for rescue, research programs - FOX49 Fox Tallahassee and WTLF CW Tallahassee provide news, sports, entertainment and public interest programs to Tallahassee, Florida and nearby... (Added: 1-Jul-2026 Hits: 120)

• 'Soggy Bottom' sea turtle release - The East Coast Zoological Foundation has released "Soggy Bottom" back into the wild at Lori Wilson Park in Cocoa Beach. (Added: 1-Jul-2026 Hits: 105)

• Sea Turtle Trackers: Nests down at least 50% this season - Sea turtle experts say there are at least 50% fewer nests than previous years, saying there's an alarming number of sea turtles making 'false... (Added: 1-Jul-2026 Hits: 138)

• Watch group marks 200th sea turtle nest of 2026 season - Amelia Island's sea turtles are making the most of the 2026 nesting season. By the end of June, volunteers with the Amelia Island Sea Turtle Watch... (Added: 1-Jul-2026 Hits: 142)

• Rescued Sea Turtle 'Soggy Bottom' Returns to the Ocean at Cocoa Beach - A juvenile green sea turtle will be headed back to the ocean after being found wrapped in fishing line and rehabilitated at East Coast Zoological... (Added: 1-Jul-2026 Hits: 138)

• Loggerhead Marinelife Center offers sea turtle experiences in Juno Beach - Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach is offering Turtle Walks, hatchling releases and educational programs during peak sea turtle nesting... (Added: 1-Jul-2026 Hits: 113)

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