Smithsonian Magazine

In a First, Sea Turtles Were Spotted Nesting on the U.S. West Coast. Scientists Say the ‘Super’ El Niño Could Have Brought Them There

Left: An olive ridley turtle nesting near the Huntington Beach Pier. Right: Eggs laid near Seal Beach. Left: Huntington Beach Fire Department. Right: NOAA Fisheries. Both via Facebook This month, ...
KTLA

Historic sea turtle eggs relocated from 2 Southern California beaches

Historic sea turtle eggs discovered along the Southern California coastline have been relocated to the Aquarium of the Pacific ahead of this weekend’s hazardous surf, which threatened to wash away the ...
USA Today

El Niño strikes again. Why sea turtles came to California in a ‘first’

When researchers observed an olive ridley sea turtle digging a nest and laying eggs at a Southern California beach in September, it was considered a first. More specifically, it was the “first-ever ...
CNN

Tropical sea turtles discovered nesting in California for the first time in recorded history

Sea turtles usually found in the tropics have been spotted nesting on California beaches — a historical first, according to officials. Olive ridley sea turtles are one of the smallest of the sea ...
The Guardian

In historic first, tropical turtles spotted nesting on California beaches

What caused the turtles to begin nesting farther north than usual is the ‘million dollar question’ A sea turtle crawled out of the surf in southern California last weekend around sunset and started ...
kcra.com

2 different sea turtles nest on California beaches for the first time

Two sea turtles have laid eggs on Southern California beaches, marking the first recorded natural nesting of any sea turtle species on the West Coast. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...
Orange County Register

Nesting olive ridley sea turtle off OC beaches is a first recorded for West Coast

At first, it seemed as if the sea turtle was injured. But responders to the wayward olive ridley sea turtle realized the creature wasn’t hurt, rather she was laying eggs on the sand, the first natural ...
Los Angeles Times

‘A huge deal’: Sea turtle eggs found in Huntington Beach, Surfside are first on the U.S. West Coast

Two makeshift enclosures recently erected in the cities of Huntington Beach and Seal Beach are protecting what could be an unprecedented discovery — the first recorded incidence of sea turtle eggs ...
NBC Los Angeles

Video shows sea turtle nesting on the sand in Seal Beach, a West Coast first

Video shows the first-ever natural nesting on record of a sea turtle on the U.S. West Coast, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Three days later, a sea turtle was seen ...
KTLA

Sea turtle nests on Southern California beach for first time in recorded history

A sea turtle currently nesting on a Southern California beach is the first known sea turtle on record to nest naturally anywhere on the West Coast, according to NOAA Fisheries. An olive ridley sea ...
ABC7

Rare sea turtle lays eggs in Orange County in first documented West Coast nesting

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (KABC) -- A female olive ridley sea turtle is making history along the Southern California shoreline, with two nests documented in Orange County, according to NOAA Fisheries. ...
CBS News

Two-headed turtle found on Cape Cod in "especially rare case"

Neal J. Riley is a digital producer for CBS Boston. He has been with WBZ-TV since 2014. His work has appeared in The Boston Globe and The San Francisco Chronicle. Neal is a graduate of Boston ...