Scientists and local officials are celebrating a major "conservation success" that played out on the shores of the Magnolia Beach in Calhoun County, Texas, this week. A nest containing approximately ...

The world's rarest sea turtle recently surprised scientists by laying eggs on a Texas beach. Approximately 45 Kemp's ridley sea turtle eggs were discovered on Magnolia Beach in Calhoun County, Texas, ...

For the first time, the world’s rarest species of sea turtle has laid eggs on Magnolia Beach in Texas, experts say. On Monday morning, R.J. Shelly, a Calhoun County Marine Extension Agent, received a ...

WHO: The critically endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtle. WHAT: Around 45 miraculous sea turtle babies made their way into the water on the shores of Matagorda Bay. WHY IT’S SO GREAT: Kemp’s ridley sea ...

For the first time ever, the world's rarest species of sea turtle has laid eggs on a Texas beach. Experts recently discovered the "conservation success" on the shores of Magnolia Beach: a sea turtle ...

"This has never happened in modern times," says Dr. Pamela Plotkin, director of Texas Sea Grant and sea turtle biologist, in a news release. "Sea turtles typically nest on barrier island beaches in ...

Conservationists don’t usually think to look near Texas’ inland waters for the critically endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtle. That made a sighting of the reptiles on Monday near Matagorda Bay all the ...

The presence of the Kemp’s ridley sea turtles on an inland beach inside Matagorda Bay is exciting for conservationists who have seen survival rates fall in the past decade. Last month, ...