On Florida’s east coast, offshore Nassau and Volusia counties, an ongoing cold-stunning event has harmed about 120 green sea ...

Eventually the GPS tags slough off because “the outside of a young turtle’s shell sheds as they grow very quickly,” said ...

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APOLLO BEACH, Fla. (WFLA) — Dozens of sea turtles were rescued from freezing cold water, and now they are fighting to stay alive at the Florida Aquarium’s Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Center in ...

People enjoying the sun and water at Fred Howard Park on Wednesday afternoon were treated to a unique Florida event as The ...

"With some cold weather a few weeks ago up in the Panhandle, they got over 1,000 turtles that stranded within just a few days ...

It also prompted a complex rescue effort involving several government agencies that allowed about 1,000 of the sea turtles to be saved — among Florida’s largest cold-water turtle rescues in ...

Just last week, 18 cold-stunned turtles were rescued from frigid waters near St. Augustine and later taken in by Florida Aquarium’s Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Center near Tampa. The green sea ...

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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. Seventeen sea ...