Two of the most common sea turtles on Earth are olive ridley and Kemp’s ridley turtles that belong to a genus called Lepidochelys that could help fill in some of the gaps of sea turtle biology ...

Kemp's ridleys (scientific name Lepidochelys kempii) normally have a carapace (shell) length of two feet and weigh no more than 100 pounds, but the attacking turtle was at least 10 feet long and ...

In the past five years they have managed to release more than 8,000 olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) hatchlings along 14 kilometers (9 miles) of the Mancha Blanca and El Faro beach.

Currently, only seven species of sea turtles exist. Among them are two in the genus Lepidochelys: the olive ridley and the Kemp's ridley. Despite being among the most common sea turtles in much of ...

Olive ridley turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) roam freely in the warm tropical waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean. It was thought they mated randomly, free from geographical barriers and physical ...

Until recently, the Surinam olive ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) population was considered to be the largest in the Atlantic, but the number of nesting females has declined rapidly (Reichart and ...

Olive Ridley turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) may be small, but their contribution to ocean health is immense. From controlling jellyfish populations to enriching coastal ecosystems, these marine ...

The Olive Ridley turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea), found mainly in the warm and tropical waters of the Indian, Pacific and Atlantic oceans, is among the smallest of sea turtles and have been named after ...

Lepidochelys olivacea, also known as the Golfina sea turtle or olive ridley turtle, is considered vulnerable At least 300 sea turtles have washed up dead on Mexico's Pacific coast. Preliminary ...

Among them are two in the genus Lepidochelys: the olive ridley and the Kemp’s ridley. Despite being among the most common sea turtles in much of the Caribbean Sea and elsewhere, little is known ...