Found primarily in the Gulf of Mexico, but also as far north as Nova Scotia, Kemp’s ridleys are among the smallest sea turtles, reaching only about 2 feet in shell length and weighing up to 100 ...

For two decades, Texas conservationists celebrated as the most endangered sea turtle in the world rebounded before their eyes. At Padre Island National Seashore, Donna Shaver, chief of the ...

Between April and mid-summer, hundreds of Kemp's ridley sea turtles will creep out of the waves and across the beach to nest at the base of sand dunes along the Texas coast. If this nesting season ...

A group of excited volunteers, children and staff of the Mississippi Aquarium met on the beach in Biloxi to help with the release of 10 rehabilitated Kemp's Ridley sea turtles. Initially ...

A Kemp's ridley sea turtle appears to salute goodbye to the crowds gathered on the beach at Grand Isle as about 15 of the endangered turtles were released on Thursday, March 20, 2025. (Photo by ...

At Padre Island National Seashore, Donna Shaver, chief of the Division of Sea Turtle Science and Recovery, watched as the Kemp’s ridley sea turtle crawled further from the brink of extinction ...