This story originally appeared in the winter 2025 issue of UC San Diego Magazine as “Making Waves.” This summer, Birch ...

The climate crisis’ impact on sandy beaches affects more than just rising sea levels and how much sunscreen we apply. It’s also contributing to an upswing in the number of turtles that are born female ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — It’s peak sea turtle nesting season! From August through November, adult female sea turtles will be seeking sanctuary in Hawaii’s sandy beaches to lay their eggs. Endangered sea ...

Florida beaches are about to get filled with sea turtle eggs as the nesting season starts in March. This is the time female sea turtles come ashore to lay their eggs. Wildlife officials estimate the ...

MIAMI — Sometime in mid-August, 400 baby alligators will hatch on the roof of a building at the University of North Florida. Researchers will scoop up the newborns and tally them up: male or female?

Other species sometimes nest on Sanibel, Fort Myers Beach and Bonita Beach, but the loggerhead is responsible for hundreds of ...

Slow and steady wins the race. It’s a sentiment that has shadowed turtles for years, and perhaps, for good reason. Turtles are slow, but wise. Sea turtles, however, are nothing short of amazing. Sea ...

Baby sea turtles at risk of drowning in their nests have been offered fresh hope after an Australian first trial proved ...

Sea turtles defied the odds this nesting season. Despite threats from beach erosion and hurricanes, it was one of the ...