Loggerhead and Green Sea Turtle Night Research: 20K Nests and FAU/LMC Collaborative Research Update
As the loggerheads start saying ‘goodbye’ to the 2019 nesting season, greens continue to come ashore to nest! We officially broke 20,000 recorded nests this past week and currently have 20,109 total nests. Loggerheads still lead the way by a large margin (13,243) followed by greens (6,679) and leatherbacks (187). The LMC night crew only…
Read MoreLoggerhead Marinelife Center Breaks All-Time Sea Turtle Nest Count Record
Juno Beach, Florida: As of Tuesday, August 6th 2019, Loggerhead Marinelife Center’s (LMC) research biologists recorded an all-time record breaking sea turtle nest count of 19,580 nests (and counting). The Center’s last record breaking nesting season was recorded in 2017 with a total of 19,085 nests. Sea turtle nesting season in Palm Beach County runs…
Read More3 North Carolina Piers Welcomed to the Responsible Pier Initiative!
Loggerhead Marinelife Center is pleased to welcome three new partners to our Responsible Pier Initiative Program—North Carolina’s Holden Beach, Ocean Isle Beach, and Sunset Beach fishing piers. With these new partners, the Responsible Pier Initiative now encompasses 68 fishing piers in the US (including Puerto Rico) working collaboratively with pier anglers to rescue accidentally…
Read MoreLoggerhead and Green Sea Turtle Night Research: New Nesting Record and Leatherback Update
We begin with big news out of Juno Beach: We have officially broken the all time record for nests in a single season!!!! As of Saturday, August 3rd, we have recorded 19,198 total nests on our 9.5 miles of beaches, which beats the previous record set in 2017 of 19,085!! And with a few months…
Read MoreSea Turtle Release Off Juno Beach Thursday (8/1/19) Morning
Who: Loggerhead Marinelife Center When*: Thursday, August 1, 2019 at 10:30 a.m.; pre-release procedures begin at 10:00 a.m. Where: Loggerhead Marinelife Center (14200 US Highway One, Juno Beach) What: LMC will release Vitti the sea turtle from its facility off Juno Beach. Vitti is a sub-adult loggerhead sea turtle patient that was found at FPL’s St.…
Read MoreLoggerhead and Green Sea Turtle Night Research: Reached 18K Nests!!
As we experience the last few days in July, the greens are still nesting in full force, while the loggerheads are finishing up their last few nests. To date we have surpassed 18,000 nests on our 9.5 miles of beaches, 18,102 to be exact!! Loggerheads account for 12,581 of our nests, followed by greens with…
Read MoreJuly 2019 Newsletter
CEO Chatter with Jack E. Lighton Dear Friend of LMC, Greetings from Juno Beach, FL where temperatures are warm and July marks the peak of sea turtle nesting season in Palm Beach County. Sea turtles nest in up and down cycles, and based on the amount of nests we are marking and monitoring on our…
Read MoreLoggerhead and Green Sea Turtle Night Research: Nesting Tendencies
Green and loggerhead turtles continue to nest in full force for the night crew’s 5th week of field work. We have officially surpassed 16,000 total nests that span our Juno, Jupiter-Carlin, and Tequesta beaches!!! Loggerheads stand at 11,894 nests, greens have laid 4,553 nests, and we even had another leatherback nest on Jupiter-Carlin this week,…
Read More10 Things You Can Do While Your Child Attends an LMC Sea Turtle Sleepover!
Need a relaxing night off? Have your child join us at LMC for a Sea Turtle Sleepover! The Sleepover is an exclusive nighttime program (for ages: 8-12) that offers a tour of our Outdoor Sea Turtle Hospital, activities for your aspiring scientist, movie time, snacks and pizza, and concludes with a little shuteye amongst our…
Read MoreNominations open for Florida’s preeminent ocean conservation awards, featuring Dr. Robert Ballard, National Geographic Explorer best known for discovering the Titanic
Hosted by Loggerhead Marinelife Center (LMC), the Annual Go Blue Awards Luncheon recognizes and awards four individuals and one business or nonprofit that promote, implement or contribute to a “blue” lifestyle of marine conservation and make significant contributions to improve and protect our oceans, beaches and wildlife. The Presenting Sponsor of the 11th Annual Go…
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