Vehicles are parked on a beach in Nassau County. | News4Jax

Baby sea turtles head home to the ocean. | FWC Fish & Wildlife Research Institute

Student Emily Hoeflich, left, and Lucas Meers, director of JU’s Sea Turtle Program, gather near a newly found loggerhead turtle nest Tuesday, June 17, 2025, at Mickler’s Landing public beach in Ponte Vedra. The nests are marked off with orange tape and “Do not disturb” signs. | Michelle Corum, Jacksonville Today

JU students will join the Mickler's Landing Turtle patrol to monitor sea turtle nests in St. Johns County. | Jacksonville University

South Carolina Aquarium volunteers and a Little Talbot Island State Park ranger carried some of the recuperated sea turtles back into the ocean on Wednesday morning. | South Carolina Aquarium

Volunteers with the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation perform a nest inventory after baby turtles hatched in August 2022. | Courtesy of Jack Brzoza

A Kemp's ridley sea turtle travels up St. Augustine Beach to nest this summer. | Ashley Raybould, St. Johns County

Volunteer researcher Jeff Finnan prepares a sea turtle egg for genetic testing at the Guana Tolomato Matanzas Research Reserve. | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville Today

A loggerhead sea turtle nicknamed Mahomes was released May 30, 2023, after treatment for exposure to red tide toxins off Sarasota County. | Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium

Beach renourishment efforts started Monday, April 29, 2024, along Duval County's beaches. l Steven Ponson, Jacksonville Today

A leatherback turtle leaves Crescent Beach in St. Johns County. | St. Johns County.

The Blue House in Vilano Beach was declared unsafe after the beach washed away. | News4Jax