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In a first, olive ridley turtles spotted nesting on California’s beaches

Global Published 24 September 2026, 02:05 · archived 23 Sep 2026

Scientists are questioning whether the nestings on Seal and Huntington Beach were freak occurrences or start of a trendA sea turtle crawled out of the surf in southern California last weekend around sunset and started laying eggs in the sand.People on Huntington Beach who saw the female olive ridley sea turtle were shocked and excited. And they weren’t the only ones freaking out, said Justin Viezbicke, the California stranding coordinator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (Noaa). Continue reading...

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