PORT ST. JOE, Fla. (WFLA)– The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and Wildlife Research Institute released more than 1,200 turtles back into the waters. With the cold temperatures ...
But most of these 1,200 sea turtles were lucky. The wind and currents had carried their motionless bodies ashore, where, at least, they could be found. Last week’s extraordinary storm that ...
Ten turtles rescued after stranding along the beaches of Cape Cod Bay were released into the Canaveral National Seashore in Florida on Tuesday afternoon, according to the New England Aquarium and ...
Five cold-stunned sea turtles are under the care of veterinarians at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. Volunteers, marine crews and members of the Coast Guard rescued nearly 900 ...
JUNO BEACH, Fla. – An arctic blast that brought a rare snowfall to northern Florida last week left green sea turtles as far south as St. Augustine suffering from a condition known as cold stunning.
Rescue teams brought the cold-stunned sea turtles to Panama City Beach to warm up. Dozens of cold-stunned sea turtles were pulled by biologists from the frigid waters of St. Joseph Bay in Florida ...
The drop in water temperature was so significant that Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission reports more than 1,000 sea turtles were rescued off the state's coast after being cold-stunned ...