It’s time to turn out your lights, Palm Beach. Sea turtle nesting season begins Wednesday, and a town law requires oceanfront property owners to make sure their lights aren’t visible from the ...

PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — The Town of Palm Beach said starting Friday, it is lights out for oceanfront property owners until October for sea turtle nesting season. To protect endangered sea ...

Turn off your lights, Palm Beach! Sea turtle nesting season begins Friday, and town law requires oceanfront property owners to make sure their lights aren’t visible from the beach until nesting ...

Beach lights can mean 'lights out' for good for some of Florida's most threatened and endangered sea turtles. So, saving them can be as easy as a flick of a switch. What are the sea turtle ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Floridians living near sea turtle nesting beaches are being asked to turn off or shield lights in order to keep sea turtles safe. Baby turtles use the natural light from the sky to ...

New crosswalk lights may be to blame for a car accident that killed a nesting sea turtle on Anna Maria Island earlier this week. The female loggerhead later died on Wednesday, despite efforts to ...

Artificial lighting can cause sea turtles to become disoriented, as turtles rely on the light of the moon and the stars to make their way back to the ocean. Any other light on the beach can cause ...

Bright, artificial lights at night are disorienting to hatchling sea turtles who rely on the light of the moon and stars to make their way to back to the sea. The glow from streetlights ...

Complaints that it was an eyesore joined those that claimed other locations with similar lights could cause wayward sea turtles to stray as they made their trek to nesting sites along the beach.

It’s part of a Hurricane Ian grant, and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission approves of the design and says the upgrades are sea turtle-friendly.Florida Power and Light will ...

In preparation for the season, the Emerald Isle Sea Turtle Patrol wants ocean front properties to turn off their lights at night during this time. Bright lights can be disorienting to mother ...

Hilton Head Island’s “lights out” ordinance is in effect May 1 through Oct. 31 each year to help protect local sea turtles during their egg-laying and hatching season. This puts a stop to ...