Reptile Refuge
UCF to build a permanent sea turtle conservation research facility in Brevard County.
Fall 2016
Fall 2016
![Baby sea turtle crawls on the sand as it emerges from nest Baby sea turtle crawls on the sand as it emerges from nest](https://www.ucf.edu/wp-content/blogs.dir/4/files/2016/10/Fall-2016-InFocus-Web-Images-Turtles-4.jpg)
![UCF researchers hold a juvenile turtle that has a tracking device on its back UCF researchers hold a juvenile turtle that has a tracking device on its back](https://www.ucf.edu/wp-content/blogs.dir/4/files/2016/10/Fall-2016-InFocus-Web-Images-Turtles-2.jpg)
— Kate Mansfield (center), assistant professor and director of the UCF Marine Turtle Research Group, holds a juvenile marine turtle (as part of permitted research) in the Gulf of Mexico with Gustavo Stalin and Katrina Phillips.
![A UCF researcher waits in the background as a turtle covers some recently laid eggs with sand A UCF researcher waits in the background as a turtle covers some recently laid eggs with sand](https://www.ucf.edu/wp-content/blogs.dir/4/files/2016/10/ucf-sea-turtle-research-vertical.jpg)
Amount of money UCF must raise in the next five years to build new research facilities
28,333
Number of sea turtle nests found in the Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge in 2015
34
Years since the UCF Marine Turtle Research Group was founded
13
Miles of Brevard County seashore UCF researchers monitor every year
6
Number of sea turtle species found in the U.S., all of which are endangered or threatened
![UCF researcher removes a sea turtle hatchling that didn’t emerge from a nest UCF researcher removes a sea turtle hatchling that didn’t emerge from a nest](https://www.ucf.edu/wp-content/blogs.dir/4/files/2016/10/Fall-2016-InFocus-Web-Images-Turtles-1.jpg)
![A young sea turtle swims with the ocean with a tracking device attached to its device A young sea turtle swims with the ocean with a tracking device attached to its device](https://www.ucf.edu/wp-content/blogs.dir/4/files/2016/10/Fall-2016-InFocus-Web-Images-Turtles-3.jpg)
To support sea turtle research at UCF, visit ucffoundation.org/marineturtles.
Images courtesy of G. Stahelin and R. Chabot. All photos taken as part of permitted sea turtle research conducted by the UCF Marine Turtle Research Group.