December 2020

Cold Stunned Turtles

Turtles Fly Too… On Monday, December 14, 2020, NOAA, with the help of Turtles Fly Too, a volunteer organization that donates flights for endangered species, will be flying Kemp’s ridleys sea turtles to Gulfport, Mississippi from Massachusetts that were stranded cold-stunned during the annual cold stun event that occurs between November and January each fall.  – These …

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Track our Turtles

Track Our Satellite Tagged Sea Turtles Map updated 3/30/2024 The Institute for Marine Mammal Studies released two Kemp’s ridley turtles on June 26, 2023 and two more Kemp’s ridley turtles on September 5, 2023 from the beaches of Pass Christian.  Two turtles were named in honor of our very supportive First Lady Elee Reeves and …

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