Sea turtle hatchlings were disoriented by artificial light during nesting season on Florida's Gulf coast
As sea turtle nesting season came to a close last month, it was apparent that the biggest challenge in one part of the Tampa Bay region involved th...
As sea turtle nesting season came to a close last month, it was apparent that the biggest challenge in one part of the Tampa Bay region involved the turtles getting disorientated this year. It's mostly loggerheads nesting in Pinellas County, with the occasional green sea turtle, or a very rare Kemp's ridley sea turtle. Biologists observed 313 sea turtle nests this past nesting season - that number is up from 281 in 2021, and 222 in 2020. The season ran from May through October, along 21 miles of beach in Northern and mid-Pinellas.