Also called bastard turtle, bastard ridley, 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, 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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In a historic first, two olive ridley sea turtles crawled out of the sea within the second week of September and laid their eggs in pits of sand in Seal Beach and Huntington Beach.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
Kemp's ridley sea turtles rank among the most endangered sea turtle species on the planet.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 5, 2026
The zoo said there have been about 30 juvenile Kemp's ridley turtles washed up in the British Isles, but only five have been rehabilitated and re-released.
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
There are seven species of sea turtles: loggerhead, green, leatherback, hawksbill, Kemp’s ridley, olive ridley and flatback.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 23, 2023
“Paying off 20%-interest-rate cards where you carry a balance is priority 1, 2, and 3,” said Jake Ridley, founder of Ridley Wealth Management in Round Rock, Texas.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
He was also known for starring in Doctor at Large, Dick Turpin, and the 1980s sitcom Me and My Girl, alongside Tim Brooke-Taylor, Joanne Ridley and Joan Sanderson.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Anthony Bourdain’s beach-bum youth becomes a refreshing biopic, Ridley Scott directs a post-apocalyptic adventure, documentaries examine Boeing’s failures and Iceland’s glaciers, and much, much more.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Ridley Scott keeps looking down while we’re talking, a thick marker in his hand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Davidson, Benjamin, a native of Posen, embraced Christianity in London, probably under the ministry of Ridley Herschell, who had known him at home.
From Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by B.D.
Kemp's ridleys are the rarest sea turtle in the world, and lay their eggs on only two beaches in Mexico and in Texas, USA.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
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
As they walked toward the ocean, staff members carried Brie and Mascarpone, both Kemp’s ridleys, down a line of spectators standing behind yellow caution tape and orange cones.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 30, 2020
Added Christine Figgener, a marine biologist at Texas A&M University: “We need a lot more answers to questions about how many olive ridleys are out there and what threats they are facing.”
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
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