Judge Majeed awarded Citizen of the Year at 2025 FLORIDA TODAY VRAs

FLORIDA TODAY hosted its 32nd annual Volunteer Recognition Awards to honor community service in Brevard County. The Citizen ...
Naples Daily News

Removal of extra large (giant!) python highlights November competition

The South Florida Water Management District's monthly competition is winding down for 2025. Who took the top prize in ...
Sarasota Herald-Tribune

A record number of sea turtles choose Sarasota area beaches for nests

Loggerhead turtles accounted for the vast majority of nests, with 5,384 recorded. A record number of sea turtle disorientations, 716 instances, were also documented this year. Experts advise beach ...
Mongabay

In Mexico, world’s smallest turtle faces big threats from trafficking, habitat loss

The Vallarta mud turtle, the world’s smallest turtle, lives only in temporary lagoons in the Mexican city of Puerto Vallarta, which poses a huge challenge for its conservation. By the time scientists ...
WWLTV

Marsh turtle hatchlings on display at Audubon Aquarium for conservation program before being released to the wild

NEW ORLEANS — Audubon Aquarium is now home to tiny Diamondback terrapins as part of Louisiana’s first-ever terrapin head-start program. Diamondback terrapins are a species of turtle native to the ...
Deadline.com

‘Dora’ & ‘Tales Of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Nick Animated Series Canceled Amid Programming Strategy Shift

The upcoming seasons of Nickelodeon‘s kids animated series Dora and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will be their last. Season 2 of Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles premieres on Paramount+ in ...
AOL

The Turtle Facing Critical Endangerment and How You Can Help

As recently as August 2024, researchers in Greece documented the non-native Chinese stripe‑necked turtle (Mauremys sinensis) on the island of Lesbos during fieldwork, finding three adults co-occurring ...
The News-Press

Southwest Florida's premiere wildlife hospital still recovering after Hurricane Ian

A royal tern was hit by a car in 1968 along the then-new Sanibel Causeway. That single accident led to the rescue of tens of thousands of Southwest Florida's most beloved creatures and the ...
Tampa Bay Times

Tampa’s sea turtle hospital, pushed to the limit, fights to save a record number of rescues

Frigid seas trap turtles in deadly waters — and put Florida veterinarians on the front line of a climate emergency. Frigid seas trap turtles in deadly waters — and put Florida veterinarians on the ...
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The Sea Turtle Hospital at UF Whitney Laboratory is launching a symbolic adoption program

The program aims to have 275 washback turtles symbolically adopted, with each adoption requiring a donation of $20 or more. VIDEO: 'Stupid Motorist Law' proposed Exclusive: Three-star general pushed ...
The St. Augustine Record

Adopt and name a washback hatchling from St. Augustine's at Whitney Lab

The Sea Turtle Hospital at the UF Whitney Laboratory in St. Augustine is launching its Adopt a Washback Sea Turtle program this month. The program runs Oct. 21-31. Those symbolically adopting one of ...
Post and Courier

The odyssey of sea turtles still captivates

For about half the year, from May through October, the annual sea turtle saga unfolds front and center on the beaches of South Carolina. Clandestine visits in the middle of the night keep the mystery ...