Sea turtle Coverage

How they voted: NC congressional votes for the week ending April 11

A look at how North Carolina members of Congress voted during the previous week.

Targeted News Service

Ancient sea turtle housed at Boston aquarium for more than 50 years passes another physical

BOSTON (AP) — Apparently, it's pretty easy being green after all.

By PATRICK WHITTLE and RODRIQUE NGOWI, Associated Press

Beloved sea turtle Nimbus euthanized due to health decline

Nimbus, a 13-year-old sea turtle, had to be euthanized due to a severe stomach disease. He was the favorite animal of many staff and visitors at the North Carolina Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores.

WRAL Staff

"Behemoth" the loggerhead sea turtle released from NC Aquarium

Behemoth was released Wednesday after nearly a year at N.C. Aquarium on Roanoke Island

"Behemoth" the loggerhead sea turtle released from NC Aquarium

Giant loggerhead sea turtle "Behemoth" was released back into the wild from the NC Aquarium on Roanoke Island.

WRAL Staff

Sea turtle lays over 100 eggs Wednesday near Myrtle Beach

Turtle enthusiasts and beachgoers alike got to see a "rare" event Wednesday morning.

WMBF

Can climate change be helpful to certain species?

Researchers in Spain believe it's possible that climate change could be helping a threatened species of turtle fight for survival.

Founding director of local sea turtle rescue group receives state wildlife award

Jean Beasley, founding director of the Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center has won the 17th annual Thomas L. Quay Wildlife Diversity Award.

NC aquarium welcomes new baby sea turtles

The NC Aquarium at Fort Fisher welcomed two new additions. The tiny loggerhead turtles are making a big splash into the hearts of North Carolinians.

Delaney Eyermann, WRAL Multiplatform Producer

Officers help large sea turtle make U-turn after getting trapped

Flagler Beach, Florida officers gave a wayward sea turtle a helping hand recently.

'She was pretty exhausted and hot': NPS workers help disoriented sea turtle

Cape Lookout National Seashore workers helped a disoriented loggerhead sea turtle return to the water.

Mark Bergin, WRAL senior multiplatform producer

Loggerhead sea turtle returns to the water at Cape Lookout National Seashore

Workers with the National Park Service's Cape Lookout National Seashore helped a loggerhead sea turtle in need on Thursday. Video courtesy of Cape Lookout National Seashore

First turtle nest of the season found on Ocracoke Island

You might not be the only one planning a trip to the North Carolina coast.

Sea turtles being released back into ocean at Oak Island

Oak Island will undoubtedly be crowded on Monday afternoon when four sea turtles are released.

Oak Island sea turtles being released back into the ocean

Four sea turtles are being released back into the ocean at Oak Island on Monday.

Leatherback sea turtle spotted off the coast of Ocean Isle Beach

Experts with the Ocean Isle Beach Sea Turtle Protection Organization say that increased sightings of jellyfish and leatherback sea turtles could mean the endangered turtle will nest off the North Carolina coast this spring. (Video taken by Nancy Neitz)

Group of loggerhead sea turtles rescued from New England released in Georgia

A group of loggerhead sea turtles that were rescued off the new England coast will now be able to once again call the Atlantic Ocean their home. Team members from the Georgia Aquarium were at Talbot Island state Park in Jacksonville on Tuesday afternoon to release the turtles.

NC efforts offer cold-stunned sea turtles second chance

Aquarist Michele Lamping devotes much of her winter -- and has for the last 18 years -- rehabilitating cold-stunned turtles at the North Carolina Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores. And this winter has been no different.

Jennifer Allen, Coastal Review

'Hard-headed little guy': Sea turtle gets an autopsy

The turtle's eyes are gently shut, like it's taking a nap and its blood isn't dripping onto the concrete below. Like its heart hasn't traveled around the semicircle, passed between red-smeared gloves. Like its head isn't detaching under the rapid slices of biologist Matthew Godfrey's hacksaw.

Mary King, Nick Perlin and Daniela Rodriguez-Puente, UNC Media Hub

UNC students give turtle an autopsy, investigating cause of death

Six species of sea turtles swim in U.S. waters, and five of them are found off North Carolina. This turtle looks plucked straight from the ocean. It's hard to tell that it sat in a freezer for more than a year and a half, saved for a workshop like this one. (Video by Nick Perlin)

First class: Sea turtle takes flight

A rescue group flies a rehabilitated sea turtle from the Florida Keys to permanently reside at a conservation facility in Texas.

Two-headed sea turtle found at NC coast during nest excavation

An unusual sight, for most, was discovered at the North Carolina coast recently - a two-headed sea turtle.

Ryan Bisesi, WRAL multiplatform producer

Two-headed baby sea turtle found along SC beach

Workers and volunteers at Edisto Beach State Park recently came across a two-headed baby sea turtle.

WMBF News

Sea turtle nest damaged at Emerald Isle

The Emerald Isle Sea Turtle Patrol posted about the incident on Facebook on Friday. The page noted the stakes were pulled up and broken with the nest having been walked across.

It's turtle time on Bald Head Island

The Bald Head Island Conservancy works the night shift to protect and track breeding sea turtles.