MELBOURNE, Fla. – She may not wear a pearl necklace like her namesake from the TV show, “Leave it Beaver,” but June Cleaver, the 230-pound loggerhead turtle, nevertheless was happy as a clam to be ...
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 in ...
A loggerhead sea turtle spotted struggling in the Indian River Bay on June 21 is believed to have died from a boat propeller strike. The Marine Education, Research and Rehabilitation Institute (MERR) ...
PONCE INLET — On an October morning at the Marine Science Center's turtle hospital, Assistant Manager Alyssa Hancock gently tries to place a juvenile green sea turtle atop a scale as it flails its ...