Announcing the Winners
Introducing the winning photos from our 2025 Sea Turtle Calendar Contest! Thank you so much to everyone who entered this year’s contest. It gets harder every year to narrow down hundreds of beautiful images to only 13 photos! Calendars will be for sale in our online gift shop in late November or early December.
Latest Articles
All the Light They Can and Should Not See: A Short History of Sea Turtle Lighting Science and Policy in Florida – Part III
In Part III, we describe the significance of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster recovery plan for sea turtle lighting policy and then return to the effort to update the State’s model lighting or
All the Light They Can and Should Not See: A Short History of Sea Turtle Lighting Science and Policy in Florida – Part II
In Part II, we chart the emergence of the state and local regulatory framework to address lighting in the context of continued advances in sea turtle science and lighting technology
STC Awarded Two Florida Sea Turtle License Plate Grants
Sea Turtle Grants Program distributes funds each year to support sea turtle research, conservation and education programs that benefit Florida sea turtles.
All the Light They Can and Should Not See
The story of sea turtles and artificial lighting is a case study in the fruitful intersection of science, technology, and policy.
2025 Sea Turtle Calendar Contest Winners
Introducing the winning photos from our 2025 Sea Turtle Calendar Contest!
All the Light They Can and Should Not See: A Short History of Sea Turtle Lighting Science and Policy in Florida
In Part I of this blog segment, we reviewed the emerging science and early policy history of sea turtles and lighting
STC to Explore the Legal and Policy History of Sea Turtle Conservation in Florida
Dating back to its territorial past, Florida has played a major role in the global development of sea turtle protection policy – and the science that supports it
A Fishe No More: The Early History of Sea Turtle Conservation Law and Policy in Florida Part III
In the early 1970s, Florida continued to struggle with managing sea turtles as a fishery, but the writing was on the wall