Visitors to Fort De Soto may notice some new residents. Experts say they’re monitoring 84 tortoise burrows at Fort De Soto, ...

However, their nesting spot was anything but random. Female sea turtles return to their birth location to lay their eggs as adults. She uses her back flippers to burrow in the sand and lay eggs above ...

Female turtles need dry areas to lay eggs and vegetation to burrow and hide. The club urged all owners to be mindful of when a turtle hibernates as that's when the animal's life functions slows.