Early Friday morning, about a dozen volunteers scattered across a wooded patch of land on Tybee, looking for box turtles. The 7 acres of maritime forest are slated to become Solomon Park, a passive ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As of June 13, nearly 940 sea turtle nests had been identified along Georgia’s coast. One egg from each of those nests has been ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Is watching baby sea turtles crawl across the beach on your bucket list? Your window of opportunity is here. On Wednesday, the ...

Georgia officials are reminding residents and visitors that the state's coastline is one of the best places in the country to see sea turtles nesting each year. Explore Georgia recently highlighted ...

TYBEE ISLAND, Ga. (WTOC) - A group of biologists, neighbors and volunteers gathered on Tybee Island Friday for a box turtle rescue mission. The terrestrial creatures have a habitat on North Beach near ...

Sea turtle nesting season has just about wrapped up and now, it’s time for hatches. There are more than 300 buried loggerhead, green, and Kemp's ridley nests on Ossabaw Island, the second-most ...

JEKYLL ISLAND, Ga. — The largest sea turtle release in Georgia's history happened in Jekyll Island on Wednesday, after 34 turtles spent months receiving treatment. The group of 33 Kemp's ridley sea ...

JEKYLL ISLAND, Ga. — After months of treatment, 34 rehabilitated sea turtles have been released back into the ocean off Jekyll Island in Georgia. The turtles received care for hypothermia-related ...

Scientists in Georgia are using DNA from one egg per sea turtle nest to track ancestry and migration patterns. Human activities, such as leaving trash on beaches and disturbing nests, can negatively ...