{"id":668947,"date":"2026-05-27T22:59:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T22:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/668947\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T22:59:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T22:59:09","slug":"rare-olive-ridley-sea-turtle-nest-documented-in-florida-for-the-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/668947\/","title":{"rendered":"Rare olive ridley sea turtle nest documented in Florida for the first time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers with <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/topic\/Loggerhead%20MarineLife%20Center\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Loggerhead Marinelife Center<\/a> have documented what they say is the first known olive ridley sea turtle nest in Florida, after spotting the rare turtle nesting on Jupiter Beach on May 18.<\/p>\n<p>The turtle, named \u201cTini,\u201d came ashore in an area more commonly used by loggerhead, leatherback, and green sea turtles. Olive ridleys are typically associated with nesting beaches in the southern Atlantic, including Brazil, Trinidad, Suriname, and Gabon, according to the center.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur team had been on the lookout for our usual third species of nesting turtles, green turtles, when this small and distinctive turtle came ashore to nest,\u201d said Dr. Justin Perrault, vice president of research at Loggerhead Marinelife Center.<\/p>\n<p>Olive ridleys are among the smallest sea turtle species and are known for their olive-green, heart-shaped shells. They are also famous for two nesting strategies: solitary nesting and the \u201carribada,\u201d a mass nesting event in which thousands of females come ashore at once.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers said Tini\u2019s appearance outside the species\u2019 typical nesting range could be tied to several factors, including warming ocean temperatures, population growth, or fishing-related entanglement that may passively transport injured turtles into Florida waters.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/florida-news-viral-tiktok-charges-dismissed-for-woman-without-right-hand-cited-for-holding-phone-while-driving-south-florida-texting-while-driving-wireless-communication-device\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Charges dismissed for woman without right hand cited for holding phone while driving<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Loggerhead Marinelife Center submitted data from the nesting event to the <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/topic\/Florida%20Fish%20And%20Wildlife%20Conservation%20Commission\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission,<\/a> which oversees sea turtle conservation and permitting in the state.<\/p>\n<p>The center plans to collect genetic samples from the nest after it hatches and will monitor whether Tini returns to local beaches to nest again this season. <a href=\"https:\/\/marinelife.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Loggerhead Marinelife Center<\/a> is a Juno Beach nonprofit focused on sea turtle research, rehabilitation, education, and conservation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Researchers with Loggerhead Marinelife Center have documented what they say is the first known olive ridley sea turtle&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":668948,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[79,201],"class_list":["post-668947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=668947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668947\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/668948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=668947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=668947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=668947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}