Removing turtle eggs from OC beaches to Aquarium of the Pacific was fortuitous, officials say

Given the damage inflicted on Southern California shores by recent storms and pounding surf, last month’s decision to move ...
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Wildlife Officials Move Eggs from First Confirmed West Coast Sea Turtle Nests

More than 200 olive ridley eggs from two Southern California beaches are incubating at a Long Beach aquarium and could hatch around mid-November, and federal officials are drafting an interim strategy ...
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Marlin and wahoo are showing up off Southern California, and an olive ridley sea turtle nested there for the first time on record

Southern California anglers are hauling in striped marlin, wahoo and yellowfin tuna, fish that normally belong to the waters ...

Sea Turtle Makes History with First Known West Coast Nests

An endangered olive ridley sea turtle crawled ashore on a Southern California beach and did something no sea turtle has ever done on the West Coast. Now researchers are scrambling to understand what ...
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200 Rare Sea Turtle Eggs, the First Laid on California Beaches, Moved as the Threat of Hurricane Polo Approaches

The olive ridley sea turtles have never chosen to lay eggs on a California beach before Aquarium of the Pacific Biologists have relocated 200 eggs, which came from the first olive ridley sea turtle ...
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Olive ridley sea turtles seen nesting in California for the first time

Olive ridley sea turtles normally nest much farther south, along warm tropical and subtropical coasts. In September 2026, two female olive ridley sea turtles came ashore in Orange County, California.
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Agency says sea turtle eggs laid on California beaches are a first for the US West Coast

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — A reptile believed to be struggling in sand at a southern California beach was simply making history: a sea turtle laying eggs on the U.S. West Coast. And three days later, ...
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Rare sea turtles laid eggs here only to have them threatened by hurricane-charged waves

One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today. In a moment of Darwinian serendipity, ...

Rare sea turtle eggs found in southern California removed from beaches ahead of Hurricane Polo

Sea turtle eggs found on a Southern California beach this month have been moved ahead of Hurricane Polo. (Photo: US Fish and Wildlife Service) ...