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Kemp's RidleyArchive of news articles on external web sites. For mongabay-specific articles, please see http://www.mongabay.com/xml-list.htmlCorpus Christi Caller TimesThe record number of Kemp's ridley sea turtle nests reported this year along the Texas coast is another step in the comeback of the endangered species. More Kemp's ridley sea turtle releases in Texas - Jul 24, 2009 Houston Chronicle2009 AP CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Another batch of newly hatched Kemp's ridley sea turtles is heading for the Gulf of Mexico. The release of more endangered Lights disorient turtle hatchlings in SW Florida - Aug 4, 2009 MiamiHerald.com...of Mexico's largest nesting population of threatened loggerhead sea turtles, along with endangered green sea turtles and rare Kemp's Ridley sea turtles. Canadian boy helps heal, release sea turtles - Jul 26, 2009 Charleston Post CourierHundreds of spectators gathered Sunday at Beachwalker County Park on Kiawah Island to watch the release of two Kemp's ridley sea turtles, dubbed Wadmalaw Search launched for Wildlife Division chief - Jul 29, 2009 Austin American-StatesmanKemp's Ridley sea turtles nest only along Gulf of Mexico beaches in Texas and northern Mexico. They have been the focus of intense restoration efforts in Turtle nest count increases for fourth year - Jul 31, 2009 Brazosport FactsKemp's ridley eggs are placed in cartons with a little bit of the sand in which they were buried, then taken to a nesting center in Padre Island. Baby sea turtles head off on a big adventure - Jul 15, 2009 Jakarta PostThe seventh, Kemp's Ridley (Lepidochelys kempii), can only be found in the Atlantic Ocean. What those two girls were taking part in, on a recent sunny Photos: Turtles - Jul 16, 2009 Sun-Sentinel.comSome young Kemp's Ridley sea turtles are swept by currents from their birthplace in Mexico around to the tip of Florida. Scientists recently discovered that 75 Turtles Hatch, Make Their Way Into The Water - Jul 13, 2009 KRIS-TVAt about 6:15 am Monday morning, Kemp's Ridley turtles were photographed near the 38 mile marker on Padre Island National Seashore. New regs aim to keep flounder fishery open - Jul 31, 2009 Outer Banks SentinelThe status of another green turtle and one Kemp's ridley was listed as "unknown, but likely dead." "Takes" of endangered sea turtles are illegal under the CMA announces season's first hatchlings - Jul 12, 2009 Tampa Bay NewspapersCMA is currently home to 19 turtles, including four different species (Kemp's Ridley, Loggerhead, Green and Hawksbill). The Kemp's Ridley is the most Dance with pirates at National Marine Life Center Mermaid Ball - Jul 29, 2009 Examiner.comThe turtle ward will open at the end of October, allowing critically endangered Kemp's Ridley sea turtles to recover from cold stunning when the local water Gulf sands are sea turtles' maternity ward - Jul 30, 2009 SplashAlthough turtle nesting declined steadily from 2000 to 2007, this season proved the exception with 32 loggerhead nests and Kemp's- Ridley nests discovered Seven Year Old Ethan Helps South Carolina Aquarium Save Sea Turtles - Jul 17, 2009 Zoo and Aquarium Visitor NewsTo his honor, on July 26, 2009, Ethan will join Aquarium staff in releasing Wadmalaw, the Kemp's ridley whose story first inspired him to educate others Boston aquarium wants holding site at Fore River Shipyard in Quincy - Jul 14, 2009 Wicked Local QuincyThose species include the Kemp's Ridley turtle, which LaCasse said is the most endangered in the world. LaCasse said anywhere from 25 to 150 of the turtles Broward County: Sea turtle may have starved - Mar 12, 2009 Sun-Sentinel.comLou Fisher, natural resource specialist at the county's Natural Resource Planning and Management Division, said the juvenile Kemp's Ridley — found mostly in In effort to protect turtles, grouper fishing is targeted - Mar 7, 2009 The News-PressLeatherback, green, Kemp's Ridley and hawksbill sea turtles are endangered, and also may be vulnerable to longlines, but were not documented in the study. Our Bay: Below the surface - Feb 13, 2009 Annapolis Capital,The Kemp's Ridley sea turtle also is a visitor, and one was rescued and released in 2006 after becoming entangled in fishing gear near Hooper's Island, Outdoors notes - Jan 31, 2009 Austin American-Statesman,...a number of land trusts and support for protection for endangered and threatened species such as Apolmado falcons and Kemp's Ridley sea turtles. Couple to discuss turtles on Feb. 14 - Jan 29, 2009 South Coast Today,The diamondback terrapin and Kemp's ridley sea turtle will be on display, and the couple will tell how a turtle first brought them together. Kemp's ridley turtle found stranded - Oct 24, 2008 Cape Cod Times,BARNSTABLE — The first cold-stunned Kemp's ridley turtle of the stranding season was rescued in local waters yesterday, according to the Massachusetts Ridley's sea turtles make nearly 200 nests on Texas coast - Oct 24, 2008 Scripps News,A record 195 Kemp's ridley turtle nests were found on the Texas coast this nesting season, which runs from April to mid-July. It's the fifth consecutive Loggerhead turtles nest in record numbers - Nov 3, 2008 Daytona Beach News-Journal,But Canaveral's "most exciting news," Stiner said, are the two Kemp's ridley nests. While most turtles nest at night, the extremely rare Kemp's ridley, Study finds all sea turtles are related - Oct 21, 2008 United Press International...flatback, green, hawksbill, loggerhead, Kemp's Ridley, and Olive Ridley. The researchers said their findings form a well-supported phylogenetic tree, Banner year for sea turtles - Nov 3, 2008 Charleston Post Courier,By Bo Petersen (Contact) On a sunny, windy day at the beach last summer, Phil Schneider saw something almost no one else has — a Kemp's ridley, Walk to save the turtles on Cape Cod - Nov 1, 2008 Wicked Local Hopedale,Most years, with the first real cold snap, endangered Kemp's Ridley, Green and Leatherback sea turtles wash up on the shores of Cape Cod Bay in significant State's beaches draw record loggerhead turtle nesting - Oct 22, 2008 Florida Times-Union,Five species of sea turtle are found in waters off the Georgia coast: loggerhead, leatherback, green, hawksbill and Kemp's ridley. SPI Music Festival has Wide Variety of Bands - Oct 27, 2008 KVEO-TV,The festival benefits Sea Turtle Incorporated which helps in protecting the Kemp's Ridley sea turtle, and the Surfrider Foundation, dedicated to protecting Sea turtle lighting workshops scheduled Nov. 13 - Oct 22, 2008 Mullet Wrapper,However in the last few years, biologists and volunteers have also documented several nests of the Kemp's ridley, the rarest sea turtle in the world. Marley gets his freedom - Sep 9, 2008 State-Journal.com,She told them it's a Kemp's ridley, a native of the area and a sub-adult of what was once the most endangered species of sea turtles in the world. Clearwater Aquarium Returns 3 Sea Turtles To The Wild - Aug 28, 2008 Suncoast News,Bruno, a Kemp's ridley, was found in a crab trap on St. Petersburg Beach in May and had various abrasions. Kemp's ridley turtles are the most endangered of Releasing turtles at Gumbo Limbo - Sep 12, 2008 WPTV,...rehabilitating the turtles while also showing off some of the other sea creatures, such as bonnet head sharks, other fish and a Kemp's Ridley sea turtle Exploring Grand Cayman - Sep 10, 2008 About - News & Issues,The turtle farm is home to Kemp's Ridley turtles, which are native to the Gulf of Mexico and very rare. They bite, so keep your distance! Only 2 ET counties will see money - Sep 3, 2008 News-Journal.com,..."Some of the funding is going to the coast where they are trying to keep feral hogs from destroying nests of Kemp's ridley sea turtles, while some of it is Proposal plays shell game with sea turtles - Sep 1, 2008 Tallahassee Democrat,...all seven species are listed under the Endangered Species Act. The most at risk is the Kemp's ridley, which has about 7000 nesting females, Bokeelia Island’s first sea turtle nest spotted - Aug 31, 2008 The News-Press,Four - leatherback, Kemp's ridley, hawksbill and green - are endangered. Florida's most common sea turtle, the loggerhead, is threatened. County program gives sea turtle hatchlings a chance - Sep 4, 2008 MiamiHerald.com,Five of seven species of sea turtles are found in Florida: the green turtle, hawksbill, leatherback, loggerhead and Kemp's ridley. Man has close encounter with Kemp's ridley - Aug 9, 2008 Daily News - Galveston County,By Frank Bowser GALVESTON — Living at the beach can be exciting at times. There’s the constant roar of the surf, the spectacle of pelicans dive bombing for Kemp's ridley numbers increase, but they face an uncertain future ... - Jul 17, 2008 Houston Chronicle,By HARVEY RICE The meanderings of several Kemp's ridley sea turtles are being tracked by satellite and can be viewed at www.seaturtle.org . Record season for Kemp's ridley turtles along Texas coast - Jul 18, 2008 Beaumont Enterprise,By CHRISTINE RAPPLEYE The dozens of tiny Kemp's ridley hatchlings that scurried into the Gulf of Mexico surf on the Bolivar Peninsula last week helped set a Another turtle hatchling nest found on Bolivar - Jul 25, 2008 Beaumont Enterprise,By CHRISTINE RAPPLEYE First there was just one little Kemp's ridley hatchling that scampered toward the Gulf surf across Allen Runte's path Friday near his Slow recovery for rare turtle (see VIDEO) - Jul 26, 2008 The News Herald,The turtle was identified as a Kemp's ridley turtle and taken to Gulf World, where it was diagnosed with a broken flipper. On Wednesday, the turtle Endangered Sea Turtles Leave Maine For Home - Jul 30, 2008 WCSH-TV,Every year, Kemp's Ridley sea turtles migrate to the coast of Cape Cod from Mexico and some of them get stuck in cold water before they can go back. Public invited to see sea turtles - Jul 29, 2008 Central Maine Morning Sentinel,By Deirdre Fleming Portland Press Herald Staff Writer July 29, 2008 12:12 PM Come and meet the four highly endangered Kemp's Ridley sea turtles that were The Round and the Restless - Aug 1, 2008 Corpus Christi Caller Times,Daisy, who is about 20 and a Kemp's ridley, was scanned because she stopped eating. Several hundred eggs were seen packed inside her. Sea turtles get a new home at Texas State Aquarium - Jul 27, 2008 Dallas Morning News,Tortuga Cay is a lagoon habitat with above- and below-water areas where visitors can watch Kemp's ridley, hawksbill and green sea turtles. Turtle nests a record in Georgia - Aug 6, 2008 Savannah Morning News,Five species of sea turtle are found in waters off the Georgia coast: loggerhead, leatherback, green, hawksbill and Kemp's ridley. Report nest problems to help turtles - Jul 22, 2008 StarNewsOnline.com,The leatherback, loggerhead, Kemp's Ridley, hawksbill, green and olive sea turtles are listed as threatened or endangered by the National Endangered Species Last turtle hatchling release of year expected this week - Jul 30, 2008 Corpus Christi Caller Times,The eggs of the final 10 Kemp's ridley sea turtle clutches this mating season are beginning to shift the sands covering them. Turtle caregivers are hearing Rescued sea turtles survive hurricane Dolly - Jul 25, 2008 WBIR-TV,The most precious are the Kemp's Ridley turtles. Their eggs were collected from the beach in an effort to save the rare species. The season's first nesting Kemp's ridley turtle has come ashore. - Apr 14, 2008 Brownsville Herald,The Kemp's ridley turtuls have come to the beaches of South Padre Island for thousands of years to lay their eggs in the warm sand. Newest art added to sculpture garden at Center for Arts - Apr 16, 2008 Rockport Pilot,Sculptor Leo Osborne, who was present, created a rendition of the Kemp's Ridley turtle. The piece is a bronze cast from burl wood. The Kemp's Ridley sea Defenders say Florida has Turtle Troubles - Apr 11, 2008 Student Operated Press,Bay County to reduce the impact the Panama City beach renourishment project will have on loggerhead, green, leatherback, and Kemp's ridley sea turtles. Year's first ridley turtle makes a nest - Apr 13, 2008 Corpus Christi Caller Times,By Mike Baird (Contact) CORPUS CHRISTI — The first Kemp's ridley sea turtle nest on the Texas coast for 2008 was documented Saturday on South Padre Island. PFC Pollutant Harming Loggerhead Turtles, Could Also Signal Danger ... - 22 Feb 2008 Science Daily (press release)Perfluorinated compounds in the plasma of loggerhead and Kemp's Ridley sea turtles from the southeastern coast of the US Environmental Science and Eight endangered sea turtles arrive at UNE's Marine Animal ... - Jan 30, 2008 Media Newswire (press release),BIDDEFORD, Maine - Seven Kemp's ridley turtles and one green sea turtle arrived on Jan. 25, 2008 from the New England Aquarium in Boston to the University Turtle Center is Jekyll Island's newest attraction - Feb 19, 2008 Atlanta Journal Constitution,The young turtles, which were dehydrated and malnourished, included five Kemp's Ridley and two green sea turtles. The center hopes to release them this Ailing sea turtles arrive for treatment - Jan 30, 2008 MaineToday.com,The rehabilitation center is now treating seven Kemp's Ridley sea turtles and one Green sea turtle. The turtles migrate south to warmer waters in the winter Vacationers save a life - Feb 2, 2008 State-Journal.com,At the rescue center, the Witts learn that the Kemp's ridley sea turtle is a native of the area, and a sub-adult of the most endangered species of sea Oceans Of Hope Event To Aid Injured Marine Animals - Feb 20, 2008 Suffolk Life Newspapers,An all-volunteer staff currently is tending to two harp seals, four harbor seals, one gray seal pup, three Kemp's ridley sea turtles and five Atlantic green One boy takes action to help save sea turtles - Feb 7, 2008 KeepMEcurrent.com,Ursula, one of seven Kemp's ridley turtles being cared for by the staff t the Marine Animal Rehabilitation Center at the University of New England, Turtles Expected To Wash Up On British And Irish Beaches - Feb 8, 2008 MyFox Washington DC,Fifteen have appeared in the last few weeks, including Loggerhead, Leatherback and Kemp's ridley turtles. So far the only survivors are two Loggerheads, Musick honored for lifetime opus - Feb 4, 2008 William and Mary News,...patterns and wintering areas, shows that Chesapeake Bay is one of the most important nursery areas for Loggerhead and Kemp's Ridley sea turtles. Factory Outlet Mall to be redone; The dream of a Cape Verdean ... - Jan 31, 2008 Cape Cod Today,Seven Kemp's-Ridley turtles and one green sea turtle were brought to the University of New England's Marine Animal Rehabilitation Center on Friday from the [an error occurred while processing this directive] archives | news | XML / RSS feed | featured
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