Natural History Wanderings

PBS reports

The world’s smallest and most endangered sea turtle has made history on a tiny remote barrier island in Louisiana.

For the first time in three-quarters of a century, Kemp’s ridley sea turtle hatchlings have been observed on the state’s uninhabited Chandeleur Islands.

Scientists and environmentalists are celebrating it as a major preservation success, especially considering the numerous hurricanes and environmental disasters that have wreaked havoc on the vanishing 50-mile-long island chain and its wildlife over the past decade or so.

Read more  Scientists are shocked as a tiny endangered sea turtle returns to the Gulf Coast | PBS News