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News Articles: sea turtles

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.

'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.

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Charlotte, a male green sea turtle, wears a 3D-printed harness to help him overcome "bubble butt syndrome" — a condition caused by a boat strike. Charlotte lives at the Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut.

A sea turtle plagued by 'bubble butt' condition is helped by a 3D printer

"Bubble butt" can leave turtles struggling to swim normally — or unable to submerge at all. A 3D-printed harness can help.

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  • Bill Chappell
File photo of a loggerhead sea turtle nesting at dawn on Ossabaw Island, Georgia.

Georgia closes out a slow sea turtle nesting season, but long-term success of species remains bright

Slow seasons, including this year's, are much higher than they were in decades past.

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File photo of a loggerhead sea turtle nesting at dawn on Ossabaw Island, Georgia.

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

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

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Onlookers gather to watch as volunteers release rehabilitated and endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtles into the waters off Jekyll Island.

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.

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A Georgia Sea Turtle Center researcher holds a baby loggerhead sea turtle on Jekyll Island.

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.”

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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.

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.

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Two adult female loggerhead turtles were released into the surf Friday on the beach at Jekyll Island.

US agency plans deeper study of sea turtles, dredging threat

A U.S. agency is agreeing to participate in an in-depth study on whether dredging a Georgia shipping channel in the spring and summer would pose threats to rare sea turtles. The Army Corps of Engineers' announcement prompted a conservation group to dismiss a federal lawsuit that asked a judge to order such a study.

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A loggerhead sea turtle is seen nesting at dawn.

‘Everyone always wants to find the first nest’: a new sea turtle nesting season begins in Georgia

After a record year, the 2023 outlook calls for low-to-medium sea turtle nest production this year

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The Intracoastal Waterway, a 3,000-mile inland waterway stretching from Massachusetts to Texas, is seen along Georgia's coast.

Georgia DNR gives coastal ecosystem a ‘B’ grade, with bald eagle losses but sea turtle gains

The assessment for 2022 was a slight decline from the previous year's “A-.”

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On Wednesday, April 4, more than one thousand supporters gathered on Great Dunes Beach Deck Jekyll Island, Georgia to cheer the turtles on.

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.

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Two people stand in a body of water with sea turtles in their hands, about to release them into the water.

Endangered sea turtles stranded, treated following recent cold snap

A pair of endangered green sea turtles remain in critical condition after the Christmas weekend cold snap.

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Sea turtle activities are conducted under Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Marine Turtle Permits. Turtle images were acquired while conducting authorized research.

Florida heat births more female turtles than males. It may lead to population decline

Warmer temperatures produce more female sea turtles and cooler weather produces more males. Hotter summers means more females are being born. Scientists are concerned it could create gender imbalance.

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  • Cathy Carter
Loggerhead sea turtle hatchling at the Georgia Sea Turtle Center on Jekyll Island.

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.”

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