A massive adult female Kemp’s ridley sea turtle washed ashore near Beach Pocket Park #3 in Galveston on March 7, triggering an urgent rescue effort along the Texas Gulf Coast. The turtle - the world’s ...

A massive Kemp’s ridley sea turtle — the world’s smallest and most critically endangered sea turtle species — washed ashore on a Galveston, Texas, beach on March 7, 2026, launching an emergency rescue ...

A renowned sea turtle expert in Texas is leaving her position after 37 years as Texas' coordinator for the Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network (STSSN), which is part of the National Oceanic and ...

Texas wildlife rescue teams have been working around the clock to care for cold-stunned sea turtles after a winter storm and Arctic air invasion caused water temperatures in the Gulf to plummet. When ...

An adult adult female Kemp's ridley sea turtle was rescued near Galveston, Texas. The turtle is now receiving care from the Gulf Center for Sea Turtle Research and veterinarians from the Houston Zoo ...

Carole Allen — founder of HEART (Help Endangered Animals Ridley Turtles) and the first director of the Turtle Island Restoration Network’s Gulf of Mexico office — passed away at the age of 90. For ...

A cold-stunned Kemp's ridley sea turtle lays in the sand with seaweed piled on top of it to keep it warm before the arrival of people from Mass Audubon on the scene at Great Hallow beach in Cape Cod ...