On July 27, park biologists found a 'leucistic' loggerhead sea turtle at the bottom of a nest. That means the sea turtle has a whiter coloration than his siblings, making him very rare. But his white ...

Discovered on Kiawah Island, the sea turtle suffers from leucism, a condition that decreases color pigmentation and often makes an animal appear white or spotted A rare white sea turtle hatchling was ...

Volunteers in South Carolina made an unusual find along the Kiawah Island shore over the weekend. According to The Associated Press, the Kiawah Island Turtle Patrol discovered a white sea turtle ...

Pine Knoll Shores, N.C. —We are heartbroken to share the loss of Nimbus, our 13-year-old leucistic loggerhead sea turtle. Nimbus went into emergency surgery Wednesday afternoon at North Carolina State ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Volunteers with the Kiawah Island Turtle Patrol spotted a rare white sea turtle hatchling crawling across the sand while checking sea turtle nests on a South Carolina beach, ...

The first loggerhead sea turtle nest of the season was found on April 6 in Juno Beach, marking the second earliest loggerhead nesting recorded since 1983. Researchers at Loggerhead Marinelife Center ...

1 in 1,000 turtle hatchlings are expected to survive after they're born. Sea turtles lay about 80 to 120 eggs. There are five Florida sea turtle species: Hawksbill, Kemp's ridley, Loggerhead, ...

Coastal Connections urges people to stay off the beach at night, be more careful if you do go, and don't scare sea turtles from nesting. Too many people are using white flashlights and interacting ...

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Volunteers checking sea turtle nests on a South Carolina beach came upon a rare sight: a white sea turtle hatchling crawling across the sand. The town of Kiawah Island ...

A white sea turtle was found crawling across the sand on a beach in Kiawah Island, S.C. Town of Kiawah Island Volunteers in South Carolina checking on sea turtles on Sunday made a surprise discovery ...