Oggerhead Nests News Today

The Loggerhead Marinelife Center in South Florida reported a record-breaking 25,025 sea turtle nests in 2023. Many of the nests were from loggerheads, but the leatherbacks and green turtles also had a significant year.

When Hurricane Idalia churned past the Tampa Bay area in August, a battering storm surge sliced Pinellas County beaches. In the first weeks after the storm, a glimpse of the economic toll was quick to emerge: Idalia had caused tens of millions of dollars in damage to Pinellas coastlines. The county has already signed off on $23.5 million to restore destroyed sand dunes. The environmental toll ...

As sea turtle nesting season comes to a close, Sarasota and Manatee counties see a shift in loggerhead nest numbers.