The reptiles, an endangered species, were incapacitated when the water temperature plummeted after a rare winter storm hit ...
According to NOAA, cold-stunning is a condition where sea turtles become very weak or inactive after being exposed to cold ...
The Mote Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Hospital in Sarasota had been closed since hurricanes Helene and Milton but reopened to ...
On Florida’s east coast, offshore Nassau and Volusia counties, an ongoing cold-stunning event has harmed about 120 green sea ...
Dozens of sea turtles were rescued from freezing cold water, and now they are fighting to stay alive at the Florida ...
While Floridians found great amusement in the rare and notable snowfall and below-freezing temperatures that bombarded parts ...
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This week alone, in collaboration with the Florida Fish & Wildlife Commission and other partners, Mote Marine Laboratory & ...
An arctic blast that brought a rare snowfall to northern Florida last week left green sea turtles as far south as St. Augustine suffering from a condition known as cold stunning.
Some 30 cold-stunned sea turtles were rescued as temperatures on the Gulf Coast plummeted to historic lows this week.