In case you happened to see a bulldozer on the beach today in North Myrtle Beach, it was for a good cause — it helps the sea turtles that nest on the beach. What you were seeing was a process called ...

Mother Nature has carved an almost insurmountable hurdle for nesting sea turtles: 3- to 6-foot cliffs of sand on the city’s shore south of Spanish River Park.The city plans to smooth out those ledges, ...

Every year November 1 it happens. The bulldozer enters the beach at Coral Cove Park and heads to the nearby condominiums to “clean” what is actually, up until November 1, a healthy beach. Many ...

Your headline read, “Hilton Head renourishment could require sea turtle protection.” How about “should” require sea turtle protection? If it was not OK to renourish during the sea turtle nesting ...

Researchers conducted the first field study showing how endangered loggerhead sea turtle hatchlings use their limbs to move quickly on a variety of terrains in order to reach the ocean. Life can be ...