Good news is the number of sea turtle nests in Georgia and Florida has reached record numbers. Experts have attributed the rise to a drop last year leading to strong rebound efforts on the beaches from the Carolinas to Florida.

Doug Hoffman, a biologist for the National Park Service, along with his interns has counted the nests. As per the team, there were 2,292 loggerhead nests from May to August. Experts said new high numbers have strengthened their belief that the loggerhead sea turtles are making a comeback since 1978. Loggerhead turtles are protected as a federally threatened species under the Endangered Species Act.

Mark Dodd, the biologist who heads the sea turtle recovery program for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, said, "Every big year we get, the more confident we are in that conclusion that we're in a recovery period. So we feel really good about it".

It has been found that more than 12,000 endangered green sea turtles have made nests along the beach at the Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge in Florida. Kate Mansfield, head of the Marine Turtle Research Groups at the University of Central Florida, said the turtles need to be more than 25 years so they can begin to reproduce. For now, it is a promising aspect and for past five years, growth is getting better.