00:00The world's most endangered sea turtle is making huge nesting gains on Texas beaches.
00:05Wildlife officials documented 697 Kemp's Ridley nests along the Texas coast this year.
00:11That's a 55% jump from 2025. What's behind that progress? Decades of protection efforts
00:17on the beach and in the water. Conservationists protect nesting females and their eggs from
00:23predators. The effort also includes a project launched in 1978, bringing eggs from Mexico
00:29to Texas to establish a nesting colony. Some turtles nesting today can be traced back to
00:35those original efforts. But the recovery of the sea turtles remains a work in progress.
00:40If you want to help protect their future, drive slowly on beaches, stay at least 100 feet from
00:45turtles, and report nesting or injured sea turtles to 1-866-TURTLE-5.
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