Also called bastard turtle. Also called bastard ridley,. Also called Atlantic ridley,. a gray sea turtle, Lepidochelys kempii, of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of North America, about 24 inches (61 centimeters) long, previously thought to be a hybrid of the loggerhead and green turtles: an endangered species.
Also called Pacific ridley. Also called olive ridley,. an olive-colored sea turtle, Lepidochelys olivacea, similar to L. kempii, inhabiting tropical waters of the Indian, Pacific, and South Atlantic Oceans: threatened or endangered throughout its range.
Nicholas, c1500–55, English bishop, reformer, and martyr.
a town in SE Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia.
First recorded in 1895–1900; of undetermined origin
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Like many marine animals, Kemp's ridley sea turtles depend on sound to interact with their surroundings.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 5, 2026
In September, Tally, another Kemp's ridley turtle found mainly in the Gulf of Mexico, was flown to Texas to be released back into the warmer seas.
From BBC ● Dec. 16, 2023
While collecting data on olive ridley sea turtles, she and her colleagues would routinely lift the creatures up onto their boat for examination.
From National Geographic ● Dec. 12, 2023
Olive ridley turtles visit the camp in the rainy season, and Vallerino was preparing for the arrival of the brown leatherback turtle in cooler waters when Otis struck.
From Reuters ● Nov. 4, 2023
A fourth juvenile Kemp’s ridley turtle was released earlier in October after rehabbing at the aquarium.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 27, 2023
Along the way she teams up with Ruthye Marye Knoll, played by Ridley, and bounty hunter Lobo, played by Jason Momoa.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
Dropping a tribute to Ridley Scott’s 1979 “Alien” halfway through his franchise-expanding series wasn’t easy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
I adore director Ridley Scott and my forever ride-or-die, Susan Sarandon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
Davis, Sarandon and director Ridley Scott were Oscar-nominated, and Callie Khouri won an Oscar for her screenplay.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
Probably through the influence of Ridley, who had been master of Pembroke Hall, Grindal was selected as one of the Protestant disputants during the visitation of 1549.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various
All are Kemp’s ridleys, the world’s smallest sea turtles and the most endangered of the six species found in U.S. waters, the aquarium said in a news release Monday.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 7, 2021
That same paper said that while rehabilitation efforts like the one that got Muenster back to the ocean probably save a minute percentage of Kemp’s ridleys, they are critical to continuing to “bolster population resiliency.”
From Washington Post ● Jun. 30, 2020
In late August, more than 300 olive ridleys, apparently females poised to nest, were snared in nets floating off the coast of Oaxaca.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2018
The chemical soup inside turtles comes from the food they eat, which varies from the crab-eating Kemp's ridleys, jellyfish-eating leatherbacks, omnivorous loggerheads, spongivorous hawksbills and herbivorous green sea turtles.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 14, 2013
Numerous endangered species of sea turtles, including Kemp ridleys, live almost entirely within the Gulf of Mexico, as does the bulbous West Indian manatee.
From New York Times ● Jun. 26, 2010
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