Gulf Center for Sea Turtle Research

Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle Nest Found at Galveston Island State Park for the First Time in a Decade

Egg-citing news awaited staff at Galveston Island State Park when they went to work this morning. A routine survey by the Sea Aggie Sea Turtle Patrol turned up a Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle nest containing 107 eggs in the dunes on the beachside of Galveston Island State Park. This was the first nest found at the park since 2012, and only one of three nests found at the park since the Turtle Patrol began keeping records. […]