Twenty cold-stunned juvenile green turtles rescued from the frigid waters off Florida’s east coast are receiving care at Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium’s Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Hospital.

Most of the stranded turtles on the northeast Florida coat have been juvenile green turtles, which frequent shallow coastal regions of northeast Florida, where they feed on algae, Andrea M.

Unlike most sea turtles, adult green turtles are herbivorous, feeding on sea grasses and algae. Juvenile green turtles, however, will also eat invertebrates like crabs, jellyfish, and sponges.

In response Mexico created a sea turtle refuge in the Gulf of Ulloa — a critical area for juvenile loggerheads off the Pacific side of the Baja Peninsula — and limited bycatch to 90 turtles. Sadly in ...

So far this year, 148 stranded sea turtles have been reported from Brevard, according to data from the Florida Fish and ...

In response Mexico created a sea turtle refuge in the Gulf of Ulloa — a critical area for juvenile loggerheads off the Pacific side of the Baja Peninsula — and limited bycatch to 90 turtles. Sadly in ...

More sea turtles than usual have been found stranded or dead in Brevard County, Florida. The increase in strandings, mostly juvenile green sea turtles, is likely due to prolonged exposure to cold ...