Cold stunning is normal this time of year, but in most years, the organizations rescue around 200 sea turtles. That number is closer to 800 this year, breaking a record set in 2016.

This can cause pressure on the organs and possible damage to the GI tract, and the "air in the tract doesn't allow them to function as a normal sea turtle anymore," Claire Bolster, Charlotte's ...

saw the highest number of sea turtle strandings the state has seen in any given year, and twice what the state has recorded ...