sea turtle

2024 saw the highest number of sea turtle strandings the state has seen in any given year, and twice what the state has recorded in previous years.

A lawsuit was filed last week against the National Marine Fisheries Service seeking to protect the endangered Pacific leatherback sea turtle.

This time of year sea turtles are known to wash up on Oregon and Washington beaches. Officials are asking the public to keep an eye out for the endangered…

Peter Laufer is the James Wallace Chair Professor in Journalism at the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication. He talks with KLCC's…

If you're wandering the beaches this winter, there's something else to watch for besides incoming tides: sea turtles.Winter storms can push these…

In December 2014, a tropical sea turtle was discovered by a couple on a Washington Beach. The olive ridley turtle drifted over a thousand miles north from…

An olive ridley turtle now in Newport recovering from hypothermia will be moved to San Diego tomorrow (Tuesday).The turtle was named “Solstice” because…

Solstice, the olive ridley turtle that was found on a Washington beach last month, is recuperating at the Oregon Coast Aquarium. She has now reached her…