In 2001, researchers from the Loggerhead Marinelife Center and Duke University began surveying a stretch of beach in northern Palm Beach County to identify the number of individual leatherback sea turtles utilizing this very important beach. This small section of beach routinely hosts more than 55% of all leatherback nests laid in Palm Beach County. The highest nesting density (8 - 13 nests/km) in the continental United States is found here.
This important research is funded by private donors and grants. Please consider supporting this important research.
Check out the following links to find out more about our project:
- General information about leatherbacks
- What do they look like?
- Our methods
- How we conduct this work
