Turtles of the Southeast may be brought to mind at any time because of their annual habits. Most mate in the spring, so males are seen moving about in search of females. All but two kinds lay eggs in ...

Turtles of the Southeast may be brought to mind at any time because of their annual habits. Most mate in the spring, so males are seen moving about in search of females. All but two kinds lay eggs in ...

Environmental groups Black Warrior Riverkeeper and the Center for Biological Diversity have filed notice that they intend to sue the state and federal mining regulators over their approval of a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. GULF SHORES, Ala. (WKRG) — It’s day one of sea turtle nesting season, which means volunteers with Share the Beach are already on ...

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — An animal expert says fencing erected by the Alabama Department of Transportation is helping to protect an endangered turtle species. The University of South Alabama herpetologist ...

A popular family tradition for Alabama beach visitors is to give kids a flashlight and head out for a nighttime catch-and-release hunt for tiny sand crabs. But that innocent search, along with other ...

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ORANGE BEACH, Ala. (WKRG) — A video posted on social media shows a Loggerhead sea turtle making her way onto an Alabama beach over the weekend in search of a nesting site only to be greeted with ...

GULF SHORES, Ala. (WALA) - The 2023 sea turtle nesting season is underway along Alabama beaches. It began May 1st and runs through the end of August. Things are off to a great start with 13 confirmed ...

In Alabama, a big discovery was made recently... PETER SCOTT: People call it the intermediate musk turtle or aliflora (ph) musk turtle. KING: ...A turtle. That is Peter Scott. He's a postdoc ...

Alabama leads the nation in states with the greatest diversity of turtles. Researcher Peter Scott recently discovered another species of the reptile: the intermediate musk turtle. In Alabama, a big ...