Rare loggerhead sea turtles are having a record nesting season on the Georgia coast and have been laying eggs in promising numbers on southern Atlantic beaches from Florida to the Carolinas. ...more

August 15, 2008

The Community Foundation of Tampa Bay is now ranked as one of the most efficient charities in the country. ...more

July 31, 2008

An endangered loggerhead sea turtle illegally taken from Florida by a Minnesota tourist is back in its native waters. ...more

June 29, 2008

Sean Fitzgibbon was born without a fibula in his right leg, and his right foot was deformed, too. ...more

May 12, 2008

Sean Fitzgibbon was born without a fibula in his right leg, and his right foot was deformed, too. Now he and three other men are planning to circumnavigate the Florida Keys to impart a message of hope and perseverance to all of those who have lost a limb, including troops returning from Iraq. ...more

May 6, 2008

Hernando Audubon Society announces the following activities for January: Bird Walk at Bayport will be conducted Saturday, Jan. 12. If interested in attending, meet the group at 7 a.m. sharp at Hardee's Restaurant located at 6292 Commercial Way in the Weeki Wachee Village plaza at State Road 50 and U.S. 19, Weeki Wachee. The walk will be a coastal trip concentrating on shorebirds and coastal inhabitants. For more information, call Bernie at 352-754-9030. ...more

January 11, 2008

Two environmental groups are asking the Interior Department to declare loggerhead sea turtles that inhabit the Atlantic coast officially endangered, maintaining that tens of thousands of them are killed annually by commercial fishing and because of coastal development. ...more

November 15, 2007

Surrounded by dozens of beachgoers, a 120-pound loggerhead sea turtle nicknamed Charlie Brown returned to the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday after a trip in the back of a pickup from Clearwater Marine Aquarium. ...more

October 18, 2007

CLEARWATER BEACH - Surrounded by dozens of beachgoers, a 120-pound loggerhead sea turtle nicknamed Charlie Brown returned to the Gulf of Mexico this morning after a trip in the back of a pickup from Clearwater Marine Aquarium. The rehabilitated turtle, whose age and sex were not known, was found four months ago near Honeymoon Island in an emaciated condition and with a serious infection. ...more

October 17, 2007