Picture this: You're jogging on the beach at sunrise, and you spot a large object on the sand a few hundred feet ahead of you. As you get closer, you realize it's a 300-pound sea turtle. After ...

Mote Marine Laboratory's Sea Turtle Conservation and Research Program (STCRP) has documented the first local sea turtle activity of the 2026 season. This morning, STCRP’s Sea Turtle Patrol reported ...

VENICE, Fla. — Sea turtle nesting season technically begins on May 1, but local conservation groups are already tracking activity down in Sarasota County. Mote Marine Laboratory announced that it has ...