It’s officially hatching season for sea turtles up and down Florida’s Atlantic coast and the risks for hatchlings are high. “There’s several challenges,” Kevin Brown with Beaches Sea Turtle Patrol ...

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 ...

An unleashed dog killed nearly two dozen turtle hatchlings on a beach in Florida, officials have said. Conservationists found the 23 dead hatchlings along the surf in Atlantic Beach, Duval County, at ...

Patricia Maia Noronha is a freelance writer in Lisbon, Portugal. “This picture was taken in August 2024 during a dog-training demonstration run by the Turtle Foundation, a non-governmental ...

ATLANTIC BEACH, Fla. — Nearly two dozen sea turtle hatchlings were found dead in Atlantic Beach after an apparent attack by an unleashed dog, city officials said Thursday. Members of the Beaches Sea ...

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. — People in Central Florida are being asked to do their part to help baby turtles during hatchling season. Officials said owners must keep their dogs on a leash to prevent them ...