{"id":393332,"date":"2026-04-15T12:01:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T12:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/393332\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T12:01:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T12:01:12","slug":"rare-leatherback-dubbed-worm-spotted-nesting-in-daylight-on-palm-beach-county-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/393332\/","title":{"rendered":"Rare leatherback dubbed &#8216;Worm&#8217; spotted nesting in daylight on Palm Beach County beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JUNO BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A rare and exciting phenomenon was observed this past weekend on one of Palm Beach County\u2019s beaches: a leatherback sea turtle nesting during daylight hours. <\/p>\n<p>Loggerhead Marinelife Center said the sighting is unusual, as leatherback sea turtles typically nest at night. The turtle, known as \u201cWorm,\u201d was previously documented by Florida Leatherbacks Inc on March 4. The center says this marks the first time it has encountered this particular sea turtle.<\/p>\n<p>See also:<a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/two-killed-in-vintage-world-war-ii-era-plane-crash-near-gainesville-officials-say-small-single-engine-plane-crash-gainesville-monday-afternoon-rural-levy-county-sheriffs-office-intersection-northeast-30th-street-114th-avenue-williston-regional-airport-vi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Two killed in vintage World War II-era plane crash near Gainesville, officials say<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Worm is considered a small leatherback and is believed to weigh around 600 pounds.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>Photos and videos show the sea turtle nesting on the beach before it scoots back into the ocean.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JUNO BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A rare and exciting phenomenon was observed this past weekend on one of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":393333,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[242,85,46,141],"class_list":{"0":"post-393332","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-environment","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-israel","11":"tag-science"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=393332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393332\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/393333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}