After becoming one of the first female pilots in her home state of Iowa, she later moved to South Padre Island and in 1977 founded Sea Turtle Inc., a nonprofit that has rescued and released ...

But on Sunday, the owner of Henry’s Charters on South Padre Island headed to the channels between the Laguna Madre and Isla Blanca Park and began scooping up cold-stunned sea turtles.

Getting there: Sea Turtle, Inc. and Sea Turtle Rescue Center are located at 6617 Padre Blvd. in South Padre Island. They are open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday; admission is free but ...

The number of turtle nests found on South Padre Island dropped by 40 percent, according to Jeff George, executive director of Sea Turtle Inc. Today, the tire-sized adult turtles typically lay ...

Those near South Texas might be able to ... about that,” said Donna Shaver, chief of the sea turtle science and recovery program at Padre Island National Seashore, “but the Kemp’s ridley ...

South Padre Island and Inshore Boca Chica Beach areas. All of the turtles were green sea turtles, according to the PINS timeline.

It devastated not only people on land but also animals in the water. Sea Turtle Inc. on South Padre Island rescued over 5,000 cold-stunned turtles in that storm. Now, nearly 3 years later ...

SOUTH PADRE, Texas - With a busy hurricane season expected, a non-profit in South Padre has staff on stand-by to protect sea turtle nests. Wendy Knight, CEO of Sea Turtle, Inc, said the summer is ...

KENS 5 was there with Sea Turtle Inc. for their release on South Padre Island. Most people who have ever been to South Padre Island have never seen a sea turtle, so this was a special treat for ...

PADRE ISLAND NATIONAL SEASHORE ... The primary nesting colony is about 160 miles south in Rancho Nuevo, Tamaulipas, said Shaver, who leads the Division of Sea Turtle Science and Recovery ...

Padre Island National Seashore is set to host its first public sea turtle hatchling release event of 2022 on Saturday. The release will start at 6:45 a.m. at Malaquite Beach behind the visitor center.

The gators were transferred to Gator Country in Beaumont, with South Padre Island's Sea Turtle Inc. lending a hand. Meanwhile, Sea Turtle Inc. addressed preparations for Beryl during a live stream ...