A massive adult female Kemp’s ridley sea turtle washed ashore near Beach Pocket Park #3 in Galveston on March 7, triggering ...

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 ...

This endangered sea turtle was found in rough shape on a Texas beach. What happened next is giving researchers hope.

A bystander found the Kemp’s ridley sea turtle washed ashore while walking on a Galveston beach the morning of March 7. The lethargic turtle was clearly struggling as it was weighed down with ...

This week, our seasonal high tides continued and uncovered some interesting beach finds, including auger snails, several life rings, and sea turtle barnacles. In my survey this week I found a stranded ...

It’s common for slow-moving sea creatures to become heavily encrusted, but something alive that washed ashore in Texas is being called a worst-case scenario. The tough-to-recognize creature was ...

A tiny loggerhead turtle hatchling found on the KwaZulu-Natal North Coast is recovering at uShaka Sea World after being ...

A green sea turtle is improving after being found stranded on a North Carolina beach with over 1 ½ pounds of barnacles and other organisms on its shell, seashore officials announced over the weekend.

This loggerhead sea turtle washed ashore in Texas covered in layer of encrustation, including barnacles in its mouth, experts discovered. Gulf Center for Sea Turtle Research photo It’s common for slow ...