SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Here on the Suncoast, there are two main species of sea turtles that nest on our beaches... The Loggerhead sea turtle and the Green sea turtle, which for years has been classified as endangered by the International Union of Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

However, through conservation efforts and the green sea turtles resilience, they are no longer considered endangered!

Dr. Jake Lasala from Mote Marina Laboratory says, ”The green sea turtle is seeing a resurgence in Sarasota that we have never seen before"

However, Dr. Lasala says that locally the levels still aren’t ideal.

”So the IUCN recently relisted Green sea turtles because globally they’re doing really well... The green sea turtle population at least in the United States is not to the level we would like

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