South Carolina’s 2026 sea turtle nesting season is underway, with the first two loggerhead nests of the year discovered on Friday.

EDISTO BEACH, S.C. (WCIV) — Sea Turtle nesting season is officially underway in the Lowcountry and already beachgoers have reported finding nests out along the shore. According to DNR officials, the ...

Specialists with the South Carolina Department of Natural resources discovered two loggerhead nests during beach patrols ...

The first loggerhead sea turtle nests of the season have been found in Georgia and South Carolina, officials in both states ...

Mote Marine Laboratory’s Sea Turtle Conservation and Research Program (STCRP) has documented the first local sea turtle ...

Not one, but two of the first sea turtle nests of the season have been discovered! According to the South Carolina Department ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — Sea turtle nesting season is officially underway. The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources reported that the first two loggerhead sea turtle nests of 2026 were ...

As of May 6, the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation (SCCF) had documented a total of eight loggerhead nests this season.

Mickler’s Landing Turtle Patrol found the earliest recorded loggerhead sea turtle nest on their beach Sunday morning, April ...

Wildlife experts are pleading with boaters to slow down after four endangered leatherback sea turtles were killed in recent ...