Are decades of work to save Kemp’s ridley sea turtles paying off yet? It’s a windy May morning on the Texas coast, and dancing sand nips my ankles as I cross an expanse of beach. I’m at Padre Island ...

South Padre Island resident Gail Nunez was taking a ... Inc. Turns out the turtle was a Kemps ridley, the most critically endangered sea turtle species in the world. Based on the juvenile sea ...

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 ...

After a significant cold front several weeks ago in New England, many Kemp's Ridley sea turtles were ... we'll take them back to Padre Island where they probably most likely hatched, or northern ...