Sea turtle nesting season is underway on Boca Raton’s beaches, while Gumbo Limbo Nature Center says five juvenile green turtles were killed in boat strikes near the Spanish River Bridge in five days.
Palm Beach County’s animal shelter says it is running out of space as intake continues to outpace adoptions and foster placements.
Delray Beach officials announced the city’s first sea turtle nest of the 2026 season, a leatherback, marking the start of the annual nesting period along South Florida’s Atlantic coastline.
Five manatees have already died in Broward County this year as volatile winter temperatures increase cold stress risks in local waterways.
Boca Raton has expanded Bark Beach at Spanish River Park to seven days a week, with permitted off-leash hours in the morning and again in the late afternoon through sunset.