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News Articles: Jekyll Island

Jekyll Island Authority wildlife conservation technicians Bailey Yarborough and Will Hicks pose after finding Georgia's first sea turtle nest of the 2025 nesting season on May 1 along Glory Beach.

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  • Environment

'Our summer is going to be really busy': Georgia sea turtle nesting projected to see surge this year

Loggerhead sea turtles have steadily rebounded in recent years, with 4% annual population growth since the 1990s.

May 05, 2025
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
Floating oyster cage

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  • Environment

Georgia DNR plans special zone for oyster farming near Jekyll Island

Two similar sites are already operational further up Georgia's coast.

December 11, 2024
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
A recently hatched shorebird rests in its nest. Credit: Justin Taylor/The Current

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  • News

Beachgoers and their dogs threaten nesting shorebirds

Georgia beaches beckon not only locals and tourists, but also nesting shorebirds and seabirds and migrating species beefing up for long flights to the Arctic.

May 29, 2024
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By:
  • Mary Landers
File photo of a loggerhead sea turtle nesting at dawn on Ossabaw Island, Georgia.

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  • Environment

Sea turtle nesting season underway in Georgia, after ‘three-island rush’ of sightings

One researcher is “cautiously optimistic” about 2024's sea turtle turnout.

May 07, 2024
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
Onlookers gather to watch as volunteers  release rehabilitated and endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtles into the waters off Jekyll Island.

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  • Environment

A second chance at life for rehabilitated sea turtles released off Georgia coast

Volunteers gathered at Jekyll Island’s South Beach to release dozens of endangered sea turtles back to water — the largest such release in Jekyll Island's recorded history.

April 04, 2024
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
A Georgia Sea Turtle Center researcher holds a baby loggerhead sea turtle on Jekyll Island.

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  • Environment

Sea turtles enjoy ‘much more successful year than expected’ in Georgia, as hatching season ends

A sea turtle researcher says the animals are “on the road to recovery.”

November 01, 2023
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
At top, a panoramic image shows what Driftwood Beach on Jekyll Island, Georgia, may look like through the eyes of a sea turtle facing inland. The bottom image shows the same perspective as humans see it.

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  • Environment

Researchers are generating a ‘turtle's-eye view’ of the beach to save Georgia's baby sea turtles

Pinpointing sources of light pollution could help conservationists save sea turtle hatchlings.

October 11, 2023
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
On Wednesday, April 4, more than one thousand supporters gathered on Great Dunes Beach Deck Jekyll Island, Georgia to cheer the turtles on.

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  • Animals

12 sea turtles return to wild after recovering in Georgia

A dozen sea turtles have returned to the wild after several months of being treated for injuries and illnesses on the Georgia coast.

April 05, 2023
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By:
  • Associated Press
Loggerhead sea turtle hatchling at the Georgia Sea Turtle Center on Jekyll Island.

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  • News

Sea turtles waddle their way to a record-setting season on Georgia's Jekyll Island

Recording 243 nests and 21,624 hatchlings this year, Jekyll Island led the pack among Georgia's “Golden Isles.”

October 12, 2022
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
A nest of baby sea turtles walks toward the ocean.

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  • Animals

Sea turtles busy nesting on beaches in Georgia, S. Carolina

Rare loggerhead sea turtles are busy digging nests and laying eggs on beaches in Georgia and South Carolina. Wildlife officials in both states report finding dozens of nests since May 1, considered the unofficial start of the sea turtle nesting season.

May 16, 2022
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By:
  • Associated Press
Two adult female loggerhead turtles were released into the surf Friday on the beach at Jekyll Island.

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  • Animals

Georgia vets return sea turtles to ocean after long recovery

A pair of rare sea turtles have returned to the ocean after veterinarians spent nearly a year nursing them back to health on the Georgia coast.

April 18, 2022
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By:
  • Associated Press and
  • GPB News Staff
Gov. Brian Kemp spoke at the Georgia GOP state convention June 5, 2021, on Jekyll Island.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: What Ga. GOP Convention Says Of 2022; Critical Race Theory Controversy Continues

Monday on Political Rewind: Gov. Brian Kemp received a raucous welcome at the GOP state convention over the weekend. He heard plenty of booing from Republican activists still angry he did not do more to support President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. The jeers were mixed with the cheers of those ready to support him for a second term in 2022.

June 07, 2021
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 1 more
Buff Leavy, right, president and executive editor of Brunswick News Publishing Co., presents Jekyll Island's long-lost official flag to Jekyll Island Authority Executive Director Jones Hooks at the Mosaic museum on the island.

Flag Back At Jekyll Island Decades After Pranksters Stole It

A handmade flag that pranksters stole from Jekyll Island more than 40 years ago has been returned to the state park. The Brunswick News reports the flag...

August 05, 2019
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By:
  • Associated Press
Beach and boardwalk at Jekyll Island

Georgia Agency Raising Jekyll Island Parking Fees By $2

The agency that manages Jekyll Island on the Georgia coast is raising parking fees at the state park by $2. That means beginning July 1 it will cost $8...

June 24, 2019
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  • Associated Press
"The Wanderer" memorial located in the St. Andrew's Picnic Area, was dedicated in 2008, on the 150th anniversary of the ship's landing, to honor the survivors of the voyage.

'The Wanderer': Uncovering Historic Illegal Slave-Trading Off Georgia's Coast

A slave ship known as "The Wanderer" landed off Georgia's coast at Jekyll Island just 50 years after U.S. law banned the importation of slaves. Its...

February 08, 2019
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  • Virginia Prescott and
  • La'Raven Taylor
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