/tags/turtles Turtles en-US WLRN Tue, 25 Jun 2024 21:30:00 GMT /environment/2024-06-25/dont-let-go-desantis-signs-bill-banning-intentional-balloon-releases-in-florida Anyone caught intentionally releasing a balloon beginning July 1 could face a $150 fine, according to a new measure passed by Gov. Ron DeSantis. Tue, 25 Jun 2024 21:30:00 GMT /environment/2024-06-25/dont-let-go-desantis-signs-bill-banning-intentional-balloon-releases-in-florida Max Chesnes | Tampa Bay Times /environment/2023-10-26/loggerhead-sea-turtles-nested-in-record-numbers-the-summer-after-hurricane-ian The sea turtle nesting season that started just months after Ian hit ended up setting records for loggerhead turtles on Sanibel and Captiva island. Thu, 26 Oct 2023 14:29:26 GMT /environment/2023-10-26/loggerhead-sea-turtles-nested-in-record-numbers-the-summer-after-hurricane-ian Tom Bayles /environment/2023-03-03/a-new-rule-on-recreational-blue-crab-traps-to-protect-floridas-terrapins-goes-into-effect Back in 2021, the FWC decided to conduct its own study on how the latest regulations for recreational blue crabbers would economically affect the commercial fishery, but the findings have not yet been released. Fri, 03 Mar 2023 15:00:00 GMT /environment/2023-03-03/a-new-rule-on-recreational-blue-crab-traps-to-protect-floridas-terrapins-goes-into-effect Jessica Meszaros /environment/2022-12-27/rare-rehabilitated-sea-turtle-released-off-florida-keys A rare hawksbill sea turtle found injured earlier this month by divers on a shipwreck off Key Largo, was fitted with a satellite tracking tag and returned to the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary after it was treated at the Keys-based Turtle Hospital. Tue, 27 Dec 2022 19:30:00 GMT /environment/2022-12-27/rare-rehabilitated-sea-turtle-released-off-florida-keys /environment/2022-10-14/its-a-record-year-for-sea-turtles-in-northeast-florida Naval Station Mayport reported over 3,000 hatchlings during this year's nesting season, which ran from April through early October. Fri, 14 Oct 2022 16:00:00 GMT /environment/2022-10-14/its-a-record-year-for-sea-turtles-in-northeast-florida Raymon Troncoso /news/2022-09-05/a-race-against-erosion-for-turtle-mound For Turtle mound and hundreds of Indigenous cultural sites in Florida, archeologists are asking how long they can race against erosion. Mon, 05 Sep 2022 13:30:00 GMT /news/2022-09-05/a-race-against-erosion-for-turtle-mound /local-news/2022-07-20/sea-turtle-released-in-florida-to-compete-in-tour-de-turtles A juvenile green sea turtle that underwent multiple surgeries to remove cauliflower-like tumors was released last week off the Florida Keys with a satellite-tracking transmitter. Wed, 20 Jul 2022 10:24:28 GMT /local-news/2022-07-20/sea-turtle-released-in-florida-to-compete-in-tour-de-turtles Associated Press /news/2021-11-09/threatened-listing-proposed-for-alligator-snapping-turtle The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing listing the alligator snapping turtle as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. Tue, 09 Nov 2021 12:14:41 GMT /news/2021-11-09/threatened-listing-proposed-for-alligator-snapping-turtle Amy Green /news/2021-10-14/a-new-study-has-linked-those-grisly-tumors-on-floridas-teen-turtles-to-pollution The Florida Atlantic University study published this week in the Journal of Wildlife Diseases looked at turtles in the Indian River Lagoon over the last two decades and found pollution weakened their immune systems. Thu, 14 Oct 2021 13:51:23 GMT /news/2021-10-14/a-new-study-has-linked-those-grisly-tumors-on-floridas-teen-turtles-to-pollution Jenny Staletovich /news/2021-08-31/amid-virus-florida-wildlife-authorities-issue-no-take-order-on-freshwater-turtles The executive order is aimed at conserving the turtles as the agency investigates a virus sickening them. Tue, 31 Aug 2021 12:05:30 GMT /news/2021-08-31/amid-virus-florida-wildlife-authorities-issue-no-take-order-on-freshwater-turtles