Volunteers in Volusia County are sounding the alarm after a dramatic spike in stranded sea turtles washing ashore — and they need the public’s help.
Last week, rough waves and heavy winds pushed dense sargassum seaweed onto Florida beaches, trapping hundreds of sea turtle hatchlings. Now, the Brevard Zoo Sea Turtle Healing Center is caring for 650 baby sea turtles rescued in the last few weeks.
Volunteers with the Sea Turtle Preservation Society (STPS) are working tirelessly to rescue sea turtle hatchlings trapped in thick sargassum seaweed pushed ashore by rough waves and heavy winds.
Deputies in Flagler County arrested a man in a van on Beverly Beach after they say they found sea turtle eggs on the floorboard of the vehicle, and a plethora of drugs throughout the van.
Hurricane Erin may not have made a direct hit on Volusia County, but its effects are causing serious problems for some of the coast’s smallest creatures — sea turtles.
Tour de Turtles is an educational event that follows the migration of sea turtles from their nesting beaches to their feeding grounds.
Broward County deputies are trying to figure out what led to a 3-year-old being shot and killed at an extended-stay motel in Tamarac.
Several flood barriers in Volusia County are scheduled to be taken down as sea turtle nesting season begins, according to the Florida Division of Emergency Management.
Team members at the zoo’s Sea Turtle Healing Center are getting ready to release Hope, a sub-adult green sea turtle, back into the ocean this week, marking its 200th release to date.
A young green sea turtle will go back to the ocean Thursday morning after five months of care, including surgery to remove fishing line from its intestines.
