Sea turtle nesting season has begun on Anna Maria Island, but these ancient creatures face new challenges in the wake of last year's devastating hurricane season. "We come just from the morning ...

Green turtles generally nest every other year on Anna Maria; a record 12 green turtle nests were seen in 2023. “We hope to break that record this year,” Mazzarella wrote. Also of note, several turtles ...

Curious, she ran to show her mother, Paris Hoisington. Carefully opening the bottle, they discovered a piece of paper dated ...

ANNA MARIA ISLAND, Fla. (WFLA) — Sea turtle nesting season is in full swing, which means weekly updates from Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch. The first nest was spotted in the first week of May ...

Volunteers patrol the beaches at dawn, searching for the distinctive tracks that lead to nests. Qatar pushes back on reports of $400M Boeing jet gift to Trump Man stumbles across hoard of ...

ANNA MARIA ISLAND, Fla. — Earlier this month, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers toured the erosion along Anna Maria Island beaches. After Hurricane Idalia, the county says it's lost 150 feet of ...

ANNA MARIA ISLAND, Fla. — A man in his early 20s was bitten in the lower leg by a shark near Bean Point on the north end of Anna Maria Island on Sunday, according to the West Manatee Fire Rescue ...

ANNA MARIA ISLAND, Fla. (WWSB) - Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch is reporting a busy week with 35 new sea turtle nests discovered and at least 3 “false crawls” where a turtle dug an egg chamber ...

Beachgoers in early June found areas in Bradenton Beach lined with hay bales, prompting a range of inquiries on social media.

The number belonged to a woman in Hawaii who remembered putting the bottle in the ocean off the coast of Oahu when she was just 13.

ANNA MARIA, Fla. — For 11-year-old Josie Law, a walk on the beach during her family's vacation to Anna Maria Island turned into ... and it was washing on shore," Josie recalled, describing ...

Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch and Shorebird Monitoring notched another busy week with documenting the activity of nesting ...