By Zoe Sottile, CNNFor the first time, the world’s rarest species of sea turtle has laid eggs on Magnolia Beach in Texas, experts say. Plotkin identified the baby turtles as Kemp’s ridley sea turtles, the smallest and most endangered sea turtles in the world. “As far as we know, there’s never been a Kemp’s ridley nest on Magnolia Beach, ever,” Shelly told CNN. “I’ve been working on the bay for 31 years, and I’ve never seen a sea turtle nest hatch,” said Shelly. If the hatchlings survive, when they reach adulthood in 15 years they “certainly could” return to Magnolia Beach, Plotkin says.

Source: CNN June 19, 2022 05:36 UTC