It’s that time of year, sea turtle nesting season

Exciting Sea Turtles Nesting Season Starts Soon in Myrtle Beach!

Sea Turtles will make their way to the beach starting May 1, 2025. Sea Turtle Nesting Season begins annually in the Myrtle Beach area from May 1st. to the end of October. Understanding Sea Turtles and their behavior Loggerhead sea turtles primarily nest on the Grand Strand beaches between May 1 and October 31. The peak nesting season is from the end of June to the end of August, and hatchlings usually make their way to the ocean from late July t…

Operational start of protection of marine turtles in Tulum Tulum, April 24 (InZoom.mx).- With the firm intention of protecting one of the most emblematic natural wonders of the Mexican Caribbean, this Wednesday was formally installed the Municipal Committee for the Protection and Conservation of Marine Turtles in Tulum. This year, the committee is made up of six public and private organizations that will work in a coordinated way to protect more…

For several decades the preservation of sea turtles has become one of the main flags of environmentalism in Mexico. All this effort has borne fruit. A new study points out that most endangered species of sea turtles in Mexico are recovering satisfactorily. In the study 50 marine turtle populations around the world were analyzed. On average the various species of sea turtles worldwide are recovering, although there are still critical points. Gree…

Amid the ongoing ecological disaster, here's some reassuring news. Threatened with extinction across the globe, sea turtles are nevertheless showing signs of recovery, according to a global study published on April 17. "Many turtle populations have recovered, but not all," Stuart Pimm, an ecologist at Duke University (United States), told the Associated Press. "Overall, the story of sea turtles is one of the greatest success stories in (…) Read …

It’s that time of year, sea turtle nesting season

BY DR. JOHN FLETEMEYER Our local beaches are beginning to experience the annual invasion of sea turtles. Soon there will be mini moon nest craters doting the beach landscape. Most turtles, after being away for two to three years, journey several hundred miles to the beach where they were born. Each turtle will lay up to seven nests at 14-day intervals; each nest holds about 100 ping pong size eggs. The nesting season begins in April and runs thr…

Glimmer of hope for sea turtles as populations show recovery

Conservation efforts for turtles have paid off, with many populations under lower risk than previously. However, experts warned that the work must continue.A green turtle, one of the world's seven species of sea turtleDecades of conservation efforts have improved the status of the majority of marine turtle populations around the world, according to a new assessment.Threats were found to have declined for the majority of sea turtle populations, w…