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

The Kemp's ridley turtle is listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act.

The Kemp's ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) is the official state sea turtle of Texas.

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 ...

An adult female Kemp’s ridley sea turtle was found weighed down with barnacles, algae and sediment in Galveston on March 7, 2026. An adult female turtle from the most endangered sea turtle species in ...

A Kemp's ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) swims in a pond at the Submarine Museum after being rescued from a fishing net where it lost a flipper in Isla de Margarita, Nueva Esparta state, ...

27 of the 29 sea turtles are endangered Kemp’s ridleys. They were sent from New England to New Orleans after months of rehab.

Fifty-eight sea turtles in critical care have been bestowed with themed nicknames as part of their recovery process before ...

New England Aquarium workers name sea turtles that were critically cold-stunned on Cape Cod in November and December, as they ...

Scientists in Australia developed a program to save countless thousands of endangered green sea turtles from falling to their deaths while attempting to lay their eggs. Australia's Great Barrier Reef ...

It is illegal to touch, disturb, or harass sea turtles, their hatchlings, or their nests under state and federal law. If you ...