CAPE LOOKOUT, N.C. (WNCN) — Activity at the North Carolina coast is heating up — especially on the beach along the sand to the surf. The first turtle nest hatched late last week at the Outer Banks, ...

Perdido Key had already logged the first sea turtle nest on Mother’s Day, making it the earliest recorded nest for Perdido Key, and tying for the earliest in Pensacola history, according to the ...

HATTERAS, N.C. (WNCN) — After about two months, sea turtle hatching season has started on the North Carolina coast. From Ocean Isle Beach and Holden Beach in Brunswick County up to Cape Hatteras on ...

Once eggs are laid, incubation can take anywhere from 40 to 60 days depending on the species of sea turtles, according to the National Park Service (NPS). When the hatching of a nest begins, it can ...