If you have ever been to the beach or river at night, and have seen the water light up neon blue or green, it is not just a trick on your eyes. During the summer and early fall usually from June through early October, there can be as many as 100,000 dinoflagellates per liter of […]
Sea turtle nesting season is from March 1 – October 31. During that time, thousands of baby sea turtles will make their way into the ocean – hopefully. Each year hundreds of baby sea turtles are disoriented by artificial lights from streets and buildings that are right along the beach. Sea turtles usually nest and […]
Every year between March 1st to October 31st, the Sea Turtle Nesting season takes place in South Florida. Many things threaten sea turtles today that were not threats hundreds of years ago. This has made all species of sea turtles threatened or endangered. Examples of these new threats include: Collisions with boats Sky glow from […]
World Sea Turtle Day is celebrated every year on June 16. It is a day to honor and highlight the importance of sea turtles in our oceans across the globe. World Sea Turtle Day is celebrated on the same day as Dr. Archie Carr’s birthday, the founding scientific director of Sea Turtle Conservancy and the “father […]
Sharks are the apex predators of the ocean humans fear. But are humans the number one menu item for these animals like the movie Jaws make it seem? Nope! But sea turtles are on their list of prey. For about 65 million years, sharks and sea turtles have been living together in the oceans. While […]
Have you ever been walking on the beach and saw sea turtle tracks leading up to a nest and wondered which species it could be? Did you know that each species of sea turtles have their own unique traits and tracks? There are three common turtle nests that you can find from the Florida Keys to Cape Canaveral: […]
While diseases can spread to just about any animal, Green Turtles, as well as some Loggerhead and Olive Ridley, are facing a whole different threat – fibropapillomatosis tumors. The first reporting of the fibropapillomatosis tumors in green sea turtles was in the Florida Keys in 1938. While this is not a new issue, it is […]