Parkland victims memorialized with turtle nest
When Brianna Villegas Vindiola saw the Adopt-a-Nest plaque dedicated to the 17 students and teachers who lost their lives in the Parkland shooting on...
Rare daylight turtle nesting recorded
This loggerhead sea turtle provided a memorable experience to beachgoers on Memorial Day, with a rare nesting in broad daylight as Subtropical Storm Alberto...
Saving turtle eggs from Alberto
Subtropical Storm Alberto kicked off the hurricane season a few days early, sending Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch and Shorebird Monitoring Director Suzi Fox...
Green turtle swimming free after hospital stay
ANNA MARIA - Shoshi, a juvenile green sea turtle, is swimming free in Tampa Bay after a successful rehabilitation and release Thursday morning, May...
Turtles dig the dark
Turtle season is on!
From now until Halloween, residents and visitors to Anna Maria Island’s Gulf front and Bay front properties can help threatened nesting...
Turtle Tips
During sea turtle season, May 1 – Oct. 31, please follow these tips:
Turn off lights visible from the beach and close blinds from...
Holes on beach dangerous to people, turtles
Holes on the beach are no longer accidents waiting to happen.
Two children recently got trapped in a hole that they dug on the beach,...
Turtles, birds, need our help
CORTEZ – Everyone who visits the beach can help sea turtles and shorebirds, Suzi Fox, director of Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch and Shorebird...
Students paint environmental watercolors for cause
HOLMES BEACH – Anna Maria Elementary School students are picking up their paint brushes to help support a nonprofit and protect the local environment.
In...
Eliza Ann finishes in first place
In a burst of paddling prowess, loggerhead sea turtle Eliza Ann has finished in first place in the Sea Turtle Conservancy’s Tour de Turtle...
Turtle season one for record books
Sea turtle nesting and hatching season is ending on Anna Maria Island with the turtles doubling and tripling records, both good and bad.
Nesting News
Turtle...
Turtle Watch sets goals for future
HOLMES BEACH – Turtle Watchers gathered Saturday to assess accomplishments and discuss goals at their annual potluck luncheon at CrossPointe Fellowship.
Anna Maria Island Turtle...
Sea turtles, shorebirds dodge Irma
Sea turtles and shorebirds have survived hurricanes for centuries, and Hurricane Irma damaged, but did not decimate, Anna Maria Island’s turtle and bird populations.
“We...
Eliza Ann, turtles, love AMI
It’s a record sea turtle nesting season on Anna Maria Island so far this year, but Suzi Fox, director of Anna Maria Island Turtle...
Eliza Ann off to the turtle races
Eliza Ann is warmed up and ready to race beginning Aug. 1 in the Sea Turtle Conservancy’s Tour de Turtle migration marathon.
The race’s object...
