NORTH CAROLINA -- Sea turtles are an endangered species, and right now along the North Carolina coast, baby sea turtles are hatching from their shells. They are starting their dangerous journey from ...

Scientists find baby loggerheads feel Earth’s magnetic field to know where they are, reshaping our understanding of sea ...

CAPE LOOKOUT, N.C. (WNCN) — Activity at the North Carolina coast is heating up — especially on the beach along the sand to the surf. The first turtle nest hatched late last week at the Outer Banks, ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The first documented nest of leatherback turtles successfully hatched on Pinellas County beaches. A video from the Clearwater Marine Aquarium shows the baby sea turtles hatching ...

Newly hatched Kemp's ridley sea turtles are released on Malaquite Beach every summer. Hundreds of people gathered Friday to watch the spectacle. PADRE ISLAND NATIONAL SEASHORE — As the sun rose early ...

FOLLY BEACH, S.C. (WCIV) — The Folly Beach Turtle Watch Program conducted an inventory Friday morning of sea turtles and nests on Folly Beach. The organization reported115 hatched eggs, 9 unhatched ...

Baby sea turtles hatching on Fort Myers Beach face a growing threat from human activity. As these tiny creatures' journey from the sand to the sea, their path is increasingly obstructed by people ...

A stray dog massacred 23 newly hatched sea turtles on a North Florida beach just hours after the babies emerged from their nests, sparking calls for locals to leash their pets. The tiny carcasses were ...

A Brunswick County beach town will soon see thousands of dollars’ worth of new equipment to better protect certain sea life. Ocean Isle Beach will allow the Ocean Isle Beach Sea Turtle Protection ...

The spectacular hatching events take place between August and December on Poilão Island, a tiny, uninhabited speck off the coast of Guinea-Bissau in West Africa. It is the southernmost island of the ...